Manta | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 24 Jun 2021

Quantifying the Effects of Diver Interactions on Manta Ray Behavior at Their Aggregation Sites

in Marine Megafauna

Miguel de Jesús Gómez-García
María del Carmen Blázquez-Moreno
Joshua David Stewart
Vianey Leos-Barajas
Iliana Araceli Fonseca-Ponce
Aldo Alfonso Zavala-Jiménez
Karen Fuentes
James T. Ketchum

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2021.639772

8,899 views
11 citations

Technology and Code

Published on 19 Aug 2021

Ocean Sound Analysis Software for Making Ambient Noise Trends Accessible (MANTA)

in Ocean Observation

Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds
Peter J. Dugan
S. Bruce Martin
Holger Klinck
David K. Mellinger
David A. Mann
Dimitri W. Ponirakis
Olaf Boebel

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2021.703650

14,048 views
22 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Mar 2019

Feeding – Cleaning Trade-Off: Manta Ray “Decision-Making” as a Conservation Tool

in Marine Megafauna

Yotam Barr
Avigdor Abelson

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2019.00088

10,206 views
39 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 May 2019

Contrasting Habitat Use and Population Dynamics of Reef Manta Rays Within the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area, Indonesia

in Marine Megafauna

Elitza S. Germanov
Lars Bejder
Delphine B. H. Chabanne
Dharmadi Dharmadi
I. Gede Hendrawan
Andrea D. Marshall
Simon J. Pierce
Mike van Keulen
Neil R. Loneragan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2019.00215

19,387 views
69 citations

Original Research

Published on 27 Aug 2024

Insights into the visitations of oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations on coral reefs in the Bird's Head Seascape, eastern Indonesia

in Elasmobranch Science

Edy Setyawan
Ronald Mambrasar
Abraham B. Sianipar
Abdy W. Hasan
Mochamad I. H. Putra
Imanuel Mofu
Calvin S. Beale
Mark V. Erdmann

Frontiers in Fish Science

doi 10.3389/frish.2024.1432244

3,365 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Mar 2022

Sublethal Injuries and Physical Abnormalities in Maldives Manta Rays, Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris

in Marine Conservation and Sustainability

Elspeth M. Strike
Joanna L. Harris
Kirsty L. Ballard
Julie P. Hawkins
Jennifer Crockett
Guy M. W. Stevens

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2022.773897

12,752 views
28 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Elusive and vulnerable: evaluating spatial and temporal variation in the distribution of manta rays around O’ahu using environmental DNA

in Marine Biology

Grace Ann Tuthill-Christensen
Michelle J. Jungbluth
Karen D. Crow

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1655518

2,736 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Mar 2023

Multi-decade catches of manta rays (Mobula alfredi, M. birostris) from South Africa reveal significant decline

in Marine Biology

Michelle Carpenter
Denham Parker
Matthew L. Dicken
Charles L. Griffiths

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2023.1128819

6,563 views
15 citations

Methods

Published on 06 May 2013

MANTA—an open-source, high density electrophysiology recording suite for MATLAB

Bernhard Englitz
Stephen V David
Mike D Sorenson
Shihab A Shamma

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

doi 10.3389/fncir.2013.00069

14,546 views
47 citations

Methods

Published on 23 Dec 2024

Novel approach to studying marine fauna: using long-life remote underwater video cameras to assess occurrence and behaviour of threatened and data-deficient elasmobranch species in southern Mozambique

in Marine Megafauna

Jule Buschmann
Kim G. Roques
Jaime S. Davies
Awantha Dissanayake
Jennifer A. Keeping

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1518710

4,011 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Feb 2022

Real-World Experience With a Large Bore Vascular Closure Device During TAVI Procedure: Features and Predictors of Access-Site Vascular Complications

in Structural Interventional Cardiology

Giulia Masiero
Livio D'Angelo
Luca Nai Fovino
Tommaso Fabris
Francesco Cardaioli
Giulio Rodinò
Alice Benedetti
Mauro Boiago
Saverio Continisio
Carolina Montonati

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

doi 10.3389/fcvm.2022.832242

4,573 views
13 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 09 Aug 2024

Eat-clean-repeat: reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) undertake repetitive feeding-cleaning cycles at an aggregation site in Seychelles

in Discoveries

Rachel J. Newsome
Henriette M. V. Grimmel
Dillys K. Pouponeau
Ellie E. Moulinie
Amy A. Andre
Robert W. Bullock

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1422655

2,621 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Apr 2023

Comparison of percutaneous closure systems for large bore vascular access sites in endovascular procedures

in Aortic Surgery and Endovascular Repair Archive

Luka Košak
Davorka Lulić
Tomislav Jakljević
David Gobić
Josip Aničić
Vjekoslav Tomulić

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

doi 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1130627

3,601 views
3 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 18 Sep 2018

Research Priorities to Support Effective Manta and Devil Ray Conservation

in Marine Megafauna

Joshua D. Stewart
Fabrice R. A. Jaine
Amelia J. Armstrong
Asia O. Armstrong
Michael B. Bennett
Katherine B. Burgess
Lydie I. E. Couturier
Donald A. Croll
Melissa R. Cronin
Mark H. Deakos

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2018.00314

53,216 views
150 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2025

Deep diving behaviour in oceanic manta rays and its potential function

in Marine Megafauna

Calvin S. Beale
Ferawati Runtuboy
Abraham B. Sianipar
Angela J. E. Beer
Kadarusman
Mark V. Erdmann
Edy Setyawan
Lydia Green
Clinton A. J. Duffy
Samantha Andrzejaczek

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1630451

8,254 views
2 citations

Review

Published on 01 Apr 2022

Manta Net: The Golden Method for Sampling Surface Water Microplastics in Aquatic Environments

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Gabriel Pasquier
Périne Doyen
Maria Kazour
Alexandre Dehaut
Mamadou Diop
Guillaume Duflos
Rachid Amara

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2022.811112

22,125 views
97 citations

Articles

Quantifying the Effects of Diver Interactions on Manta Ray Behavior at Their Aggregation Sites

Ocean Sound Analysis Software for Making Ambient Noise Trends Accessible (MANTA)

Feeding – Cleaning Trade-Off: Manta Ray “Decision-Making” as a Conservation Tool

Contrasting Habitat Use and Population Dynamics of Reef Manta Rays Within the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area, Indonesia

Insights into the visitations of oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations on coral reefs in the Bird's Head Seascape, eastern Indonesia

Sublethal Injuries and Physical Abnormalities in Maldives Manta Rays, Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris

Elusive and vulnerable: evaluating spatial and temporal variation in the distribution of manta rays around O’ahu using environmental DNA

Multi-decade catches of manta rays (Mobula alfredi, M. birostris) from South Africa reveal significant decline

MANTA—an open-source, high density electrophysiology recording suite for MATLAB

Novel approach to studying marine fauna: using long-life remote underwater video cameras to assess occurrence and behaviour of threatened and data-deficient elasmobranch species in southern Mozambique

Real-World Experience With a Large Bore Vascular Closure Device During TAVI Procedure: Features and Predictors of Access-Site Vascular Complications

Eat-clean-repeat: reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) undertake repetitive feeding-cleaning cycles at an aggregation site in Seychelles

Comparison of percutaneous closure systems for large bore vascular access sites in endovascular procedures

Research Priorities to Support Effective Manta and Devil Ray Conservation

Deep diving behaviour in oceanic manta rays and its potential function

Manta Net: The Golden Method for Sampling Surface Water Microplastics in Aquatic Environments