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Inshore occurrence and nuptial behavior of the roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura (Dasyatidae), on the continental shelf, east central Florida

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Date Issued:
1981
Title: Inshore occurrence and nuptial behavior of the roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura (Dasyatidae), on the continental shelf, east central Florida.
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Name(s): Reed, John K., creator
Gilmore, R. G., creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1981
Publisher: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of Alabama
Extent: 5 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3340752 (digitool), FADT3340752 (IID), fau:6360 (fedora)
Note(s): At 0935 on November 30, 1978, a male and female roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura were observed for a period of 10 minutes in an apparent courtship or mating ritual. This observation, using the JOHNSON-SEA-L1NK research submersible (J-S-L1, Dive Number 615), took place near the base of a deep-water, Oculina varicosa coral bank (Reed, 1980) 27 km east of Ft. Pierce, Florida at 27° 32. 8'N, 79° 58.8'W and at a depth of 80 m. The area was a flat sand bottom 20-30 m from the base of the 17 m high Oculina coral bank. A few pieces of limestone with Oculina rubble protruded through the green silty-sand, and patches of the gorgonian Titanideum frauenfeldii and the antipatharian Cirrhipathes desbonii covered the bottom.
The final version of this manuscript is published by http://goms.disl.org/ and may be cited as: Reed, J. K., & Gilmore, R. G. (1981). Inshore occurrence and nuptial behavior of the roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura (Dasyatidae), on the continental shelf, east central Florida. Northeast Gulf Science, 5(1), 59-62.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #241.
Subject(s): Dasyatidae
Stingrays
Mating behavior
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3340752
Restrictions on Access: ©1981 Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of Alabama
Host Institution: FAU