A team of University of Queensland (UQ)scientists is joining forces with industry and government partners to launch the most comprehensive study of manta rays yet.
Project Manta will detail manta ray populations, their behaviours, feeding patterns, movements, migrations using observations and satellite imagery and will identify individuals via DNA and photographic analysis.
One of the project’s lead scientists, Dr Kathy Townsend, said little was known about manta rays, which were listed as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union.
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