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Influence of reproductive activities

Posted by deakos on 04 Oct 2012 at 13:52 GMT

Great paper. Of further interest maybe work showing no correlation of M. alfredi sighting rates with tidal states (Deakos et al. 2011, p. 252) but rather strong seasonal trends associated with reproductive activities at cleaning stations (Deakos 2012). Additionally, strong differences in sex ratios betweent cleaning stations (e.g., strongly female biased in Mozambique (Marshall & Bennette 2010) or parity in Hawaii (Deakos et al. 2011)) further emphasize that not all cleaning stations are treated equally by all mantas and site selection may go beyond that of food availability.

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