Residence and movement patterns of cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus within a south‐west Florida estuary

@article{Collins2007ResidenceAM,
  title={Residence and movement patterns of cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus within a south‐west Florida estuary},
  author={Angela B. Collins and Michelle R. Heupel and Philip Jay Motta},
  journal={Journal of Fish Biology},
  year={2007},
  volume={71},
  pages={1159-1178}
}
Between July 2003 and November 2004, 21 cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus were tagged and tracked within Pine Island Sound estuary, Florida, using passive acoustic telemetry. Residence time of individuals ranged between 1 and 102 days. No relationship was detected between ray activity and tidal stage or time of day. Minimum convex polygons (MCP) and kernel utilization distributions (KUD) were calculated over several time frames to demonstrate the extent of an animal's home range and core areas of… 
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