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Inshore occurrence and nuptial behavior of the roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura (Dasyatidae), on the continental shelf, east central Florida
| 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 |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1981 | |
| Publisher: | Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of Alabama | |
| Extent: | 5 p. | |
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| 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. |
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| Subject(s): |
Dasyatidae Stingrays Mating behavior |
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| 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 |
