Based at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Project Manta is a collaborative research project.
Core team
Associate Professor Kathy Townsend, UniSC
Dr Christine Dudgeon, UniSC
Dr Asia Haines (Armstrong), UniSC
Professor Anthony Richardson, Joint University of Queensland and CSIRO
Honorary Professor Mike Bennett, University of Queensland
Students
- Hannah Moloney, PhD Candidate, UniSC
- Anna Knochel, PhD Candidate, UniSC
- Gesa Mueller, Masters Candidate, James Cook University
Alumni
- Amelia Armstrong, PhD
- Lydie Couturier, PhD
- Fabrice Jaine, PhD
- Christopher Lawson, PhD
- Sara Perrott, Honours
- Jessica Skinner, Honours
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Find out more about Project Manta.
Research approaches
Find out more about our research methods and how each is contributing to what we know about manta rays.
Become a citizen scientist
Project Manta relies heavily on citizen scientists. Water users who are contributing photographs and observations to the Project Manta database.
Project Manta aims
Project Manta is providing important baseline data to support the long-term conservation of manta rays and their relatives.
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