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Rescue method for a stranded giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Published:2023-10-22 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0022-1112
Container-title:Journal of Fish Biology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Fish Biology

Author:

Chupil Henrique¹^ORCID,Medeiros Andrielli Maryan¹²^ORCID,Dopona Alisson Peter Brito¹³^ORCID,Treza Carolina de Castro¹,Pessi Caroline Freitas¹^ORCID,Pereira Eduardo Roberto¹

Affiliation:

1. Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia Cananéia Brasil

2. Universidade da Região de Joinville São Francisco do Sul Brasil

3. Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia, Centro de Biociências Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário s/n Natal Brasil

Abstract

AbstractAn opportunistic rescue of a stranded 6 m giant manta ray off Ilha Comprida, in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, revealed a new technique for returning large bodied mobulid rays to the water once beached. The technique, adapted from protocols to move stranded cetaceans, was modified to suit the dorso‐ventrally compressed shape of mobulid rays and reduce damage to the animal while being pulled back into deeper water. The method and suggestions for its improvement have been described with the intention of assisting in the rescue of other stranded large mobulids.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.15581

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