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Reef manta rays make long-term use of marine-protected areas – EurekAlert
Understanding the key areas where migratory species like the reef manta ray like to congregate is crucial for their future conservation. A new study by a team of researchers in Australia tracked movement patterns for a population of Mobula alfredi along the c…
IMAGE: Reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi
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Credit: Amelia J. Armstrong and colleagues
Marine animals are notoriously difficult to track, creating big gaps in how scientists understand their behavior and migration patterns – key insights for helping conserve important habitats. Researchers in Australia, using satellite tags and a decades-old satellite photographic database, published a paper in Frontiers in Marine Science that suggests a migratory species like the reef manta ray is some…
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