Diving beneath waves with giant mantas off Peru
Stanford University press release. Researchers at Stanford University and the Peruvian non-profit Planeta Océano have described the movement patterns and habitat use of giant oceanic manta rays off northern Peru. Their findings are published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence. An oceanic manta ray swims in the surface waters of northern Peru. Credit: Joost van Uffelen. The study used satellite telemetry to track the movements of three oceanic mantas from the Tumbes region of northwestern Peru. Electronic tags attached to the mantas recorded their location and diving behavior over a per...
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