Affiliation:
1. EGE UNIV
2. EGE UNIVERSITY
3. Montpellier University
Abstract
In this study, a shoal of bull rays, Aetomylaeus bovinus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817), around a sea-cage fish farm in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey is reported. Such an aggregation is probably due to ontogenetic shift but may also be a factor of reproductive process as some pregnant females were observed. The number of individuals recorded, in all more than 25, shows that the species is still present in the area but needs a conservation plan due to its k-selected life-histories and potential for extinction.
Publisher
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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