Ecology of Manta Rays
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1 Ecology of Manta Rays Kelly Newton, Don Croll, Kevin Weng, Felipe Galvan, John O Sullivan Sullivan, Ellen Freund, Heidi Dewar Alejandro Acevedo, Bernie Tershy
2 Trophically Simple Top Predators
3 Linked to oceanography
4 Fin whales in the Gulf of California
5 Fin whale tagging & tracking -Time-depth recorders Dive profile description -Echosounders Vertical density of krill Loreto La Paz
6 Depth (m) Fin Whales Krill Schools Day Night Day Night Depth (m) Frequency Foraging Dives Frequency Krill Aggregations
7 Isla El Pardito
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10 Small Scale Artisanal Fisheries Gulf of California i
11 Small Scale Artisanal Fisheries Gulf of California Il Isla San Jose El Pardito Isla San Francisquito
12 Spine-tail Devil Ray Mobula japanica Near Threatened (IUCN 2006) Large size (3m Disk Width) Large maturity (2m DW) Low Fecundity Highly Migratory
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15 Depth (m) Manta Rays Day Night Percent Time (%) Depth (m) Krill Schools Day Night Percent of Krill Schools
16 Spine-tail Devil Ray Mobula japanica Last & Stevens 1994
17 Monterey Bay Aquarium Husbandry Group Habitat t preferences Movement patterns link to oceanography Fisheries i issues & conservation implications
18 Rodeo Technique
19 Pop-up Archival Tags 10 Males 3 Females Mean Disc Length: 93 cm Tag Deployments: 1076 days totalt days (mean SD) Max: 188 days
20 Habitat Preferences Time at Depth Time at Temperature <0 > Depth (m m) re (C) Temperatu >750 < Proportion of time Waters shallower than 50m Proportion of time Temperature ºC
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22 Movement Patterns June July August September
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24 -3 Averag e Euphausia acea indiv m Krill Abundance Feb April July Oct IMECOCAL Cruise Data 2004 Lines From Lavaniegos et al. 2006
25 Loggerhead Sea Turtles Peckham et al 2007 Manta Rays Blue Whales Etnoyer et al 2006 Yellowfin Tuna Schaefer et al 2007
26 June July August September Schaefer et al. 2007
27 Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine Fishery F/V Hanna: Mexico
28 Total YFT Total YFT Metric tons M IATTC 2008
29 2008 Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine Distributions IATTC 7-10
30 2008 Purse Seine Fishery 186,000 mt Yellowfin Tuna 45.5% in Mexico Bycatch: Rays (Mobulidae & Dasyatidae) - 48 mt (33 NOA sets) ~ 500 animals
31 Conservation Implications Vulnerable to small artisanal fisheries & large purse seine tuna fishery Prohibited to catch: November 2005
32 Mobula japanica Last & Stevens 1994
33 Mobula japanica Last & Stevens 1994
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35 Conservation Implications Worldwide Purse Seine Fisheries Western Indian Ocean: 425 per year Also fisheries in Indonesia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, & Thailand Reduce bycatch of Manta Rays Need to know movement patterns, fisheries i mortality, population structure, and population biology
36 Population Genetics Mobula japanica Questions that cannot be resolved Mobula munkiana using tagging data: Stock structure Implications of migration Integration of long-term trends
37 Population Genetics Research Questions 1. What are the relationships within the family Mobulidae?
38 Manta Rays?
39 Population Genetics Research Questions 1. What are the relationships within the family Mobulidae? 2. Spatial scale and connectivity of genetically defined populations (aka genetic stocks) of manta rays in the tropical Pacific?
40 Approach: Sampling Sea of Cortez
41 Family Mobulidae Mobula japanica M. munkiana M. thurstoni M. tarapacana Manta birostris M. mobular M. eregoodootenkee M. hypostoma M. rochebrunei M. kuhlii
42 Family Mobulidae Baja California Mobulids Mobula japanica M. munkiana M. thurstoni M. tarapacana Manta birostris M. mobular M. eregoodootenkee M. hypostoma M. rochebrunei M. kuhlii
43 Mobula munkiana Near Threatened (IUCN 2006) Small size (110cm Disk Width) Smaller maturity (97 cm DW) Form large schools Low Fecundity Migratory (?)
44 Mobula munkiana Last & Stevens 1994
45 Mobula munkiana
46 Mobula munkiana 2007: 2 1 male: 29 days 1 female: 66 days 2008: 6 2 males 4 females days ~400 tracking days 2009: NONE 2010: 3 awaiting results!
47 japanica vs. munkiana Solitary Diet: Krill Pelagic Shallow > 50 m Majority left GOC Schools Diet: Krill & Mysids Coastal Shallow > 50 m All stayed within GOC
48 = pop up location Isla El Pardito
49 2009 Field Season Mobula thurstoni Near Threatened (IUCN 2006) Medium size (180cm Disk Width) Short head & cephalic lobes Form small schools Low Fecundity Migratory (?)
50 Mobula thurstoni Last & Stevens 1994
51 2009 Field Season Mobula thurstoni 4 PAT Tags - 3 Males -1 Female
52 = pop up location Isla El Pardito
53 2010 Field Season Mobula thurstoni 7 PAT & MiniPAT Tags -1 Male -6 Females -Pregnant
54 = pop up location Isla El Pardito
55 Family Mobulidae Baja California Mobulids Mobula japanica M. munkiana M. thurstoni M. tarapacana Manta birostris M. mobular M. eregoodootenkee M. hypostoma M. rochebrunei M. kuhlii
56 Family Mobulidae IUCN Red List Mobula japanica M. munkiana M. thurstoni M. tarapacana Manta birostris M. mobular M. eregoodootenkee M. hypostoma M. rochebrunei M. kuhlii
57 Manta Ray Research References: Elasmobranch 4,872 Mobulidae - 46 ISI Web of Knowledge
58 2006 Collaboration with Monterey Bay Aquarium Husbandry Group
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68 Moby May 13, 2006 December 29, 2007
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70 Future Work... Potential captures in Pacific to decrease transport time Assist with work in Bahia de Los Angeles Mobula japanica movements publication Comparison publication Continue genetics research
71 Acknowledgements Cuevas Family, Isla El Pardito Monterey Bay Aquarium National Geographic Society Field crew: CICIMAR students, family, friends Dana Wingfield & Dave Foley (SST satellite images)
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