There has been a proliferation of studies that have examined the impacts of public
participation in Citizen Science (CS) that respond to environmental challenges and the …

Climate change is altering distributions and abundances of marine species through both
gradual and acute changes in temperature and productivity. Due to their high mobility and …

Manta and devil rays (mobulids) are filter feeding elasmobranchs with extreme K-selective
life histories found circumglobally from temperate to tropical waters. Their vulnerability to …

Background Expanding fisheries in developing nations like Sri Lanka have a significant
impact on threatened marine species such as elasmobranchs. Manta and devil (mobulid) …

This study explores the application of small, commercially available drones to determine
morphometric the measurements and record key demographic parameters of reef manta …

Despite a precipitous decline in global populations of sharks and rays over the past fifty
years due to overfishing, and increasing concerns over the conservation status of manta and …

In 2018, the giant manta ray was listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species
Act. We integrated decades of sightings and survey effort data from multiple sources in a …

Manta ray populations worldwide are vulnerable to sublethal injuries resulting from human
activities, eg, entanglement in fishing line and boat strikes, which have the potential to …

Information on the life history and demographics of oceanic manta rays Mobula birostris
remains scarce. Using photo-ID data, we describe the demographic structure, population …

The behaviour and spatial use patterns of juvenile manta rays within their critical nursery
habitats remain largely undocumented. Here, we report on the horizontal movements and …