Diving behavior of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in New Caledonia: More frequent and deeper night-time diving to 672 meters

• Hugo Lassauce ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hugo@mantatrust.org

  Affiliations ISEA, University of New Caledonia, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Conservation International New-Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia, The Manta Trust, Corscombe, Dorchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-6522

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• Olivier Chateau,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Biology and Ecology, Aquarium des Lagons, Nouméa, New Caledonia

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• Mark V. Erdmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation International Asia-Pacific Field Division, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Laurent Wantiez

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ISEA, University of New Caledonia, Nouméa, New Caledonia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5024-2057

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