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Use of aerial surveys for assessing abundance of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the giant man...

Use of aerial surveys for assessing abundance of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the giant man...

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Use of aerial surveys for assessing abundance of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the giant manta (Mobula birostris) in the northern Caribbean Sea off Mexico

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Use of aerial surveys for assessing abundance of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the giant manta (Mobula birostris) in the northern Caribbean Sea off Mexico

Publisher

Washington: Superintendent of Documents

Journal title

Fishery bulletin (Washington, D.C.), 2020-01, Vol.118 (3), p.240-249

Language

English

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Washington: Superintendent of Documents

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Contents

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the giant manta (Mobula birostris) are migratory species that occasionally occur in the same foraging habitat. Both planktotrophic elasmobranch species can be found seasonally in aggregations from 2 individuals to hundreds of animals in the northern Caribbean Sea off the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico because of t...

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Use of aerial surveys for assessing abundance of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the giant manta (Mobula birostris) in the northern Caribbean Sea off Mexico

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2519882952

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2519882952

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ISSN

0090-0656

E-ISSN

1937-4518

DOI

10.7755/FB.118.3.3

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