Growth of tropical Dasyatid rays estimated using a multi-analytical approach.

We studied the age and growth of four sympatric stingrays: reticulate whipray, Himanutra uarnak (n=19); blue mask, Neotrygon kuhlii (n=34); cowtail, Pastinachus atrus (n=32) and blue-spotted fantail, Taeniura lymma (n=40) rays at Ningaloo Reef, a fringing coral reef on the north-western coast of wes...

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Main Authors: Owen R O'Shea, Matias Braccini, Rory McAuley, Conrad W Speed, Mark G Meekan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795619?pdf=render