Reef Manta Ray Tagging and Tracking Metrics Summary

9.5 KB of summary metrics for reef manta ray tagging and tracking data, authored by Anna M. Knochel. The dataset was last updated on May 28, 2026, and is available in XLS format under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Summarize tagging deployment durations based on tracking metrics.
• Analyze movement patterns from inferred tracking data.
• Calculate descriptive statistics for manta ray observations.
• Prepare summary reports for conservation management based on tagging metrics.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (9.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Anna M. Knochel via figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from field tagging and tracking studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 17:31:32; freshness should be verified