MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Cownose Ray Habitat Use and Migration

MATOS Project Code: CBCNR

Data Type: Tracker

Project Duration: May 2014 - on-going

Project Description: The Cownose Ray is an ecologically important batoid ray in coastal areas of the western North Atlantic. This study seeks to identify patterns in habitat use throughout the annual migration along the US Atlantic Coast.

Objectives:

Evaluate the potential for philopatry.
Document patterns of habitat use and migration of the Cownose Ray along the US Atlantic Coast

Principal Investigator:	Matthew Ogburn (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)
Email:	ogburnm@si.edu

Point of Contact:	Robert Aguilar
Email:	aguilarr@si.edu

Collaborators:

Anson H. Hines (SERC)
Rob Aguilar (SERC)
Carla Curran (SSU)
Matt Ajemian (FAU)
Robert Fisher (VIMS)
Charles Bangley (SERC)

Participating Organizations:

Savannah State University
Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Funding:

Smithsonian Institution

External URL: https://serc.si.edu/research/projects/movement-life-initiative

SERC Cownose Ray Study