Pacific Manta Research Group - pacificmantaresearchgroup

Featured pictures

Natural History of the Manta ray

Diver-Manta Code of Conduct
Natural history, R. Martin
Dentition
Manta Etiquette

Videos

Project Manta, alternate source
Project Manta trailers
Giant Mantas of Socorro and San Benedicto, 1
Giant Mantas of Socorro and San Benedicto, 2
Manta mating, Peter Schneider

Manta searches

Manta images
Revillagigedos mantas
Manta research
Scuba channel: manta Socorro

Welcome

Pacific Manta Research Group currently focuses on the manta rays of the Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico.  Our photo-ID database reaches from 1978 to the present, with over 384 individuals identified, of which 126 have been seen more than once.  We have listening stations at the islands currently, noting the presence of tagged mantas.  Enjoy our little page, and please contact us if you have questions or answers about these friendly yet mysterious fish.

Pacific Manta Research Group  -  Santa Rosa Jr. College  -  1501 Mendocino Ave.  -  Santa Rosa CA 95401 U.S.A.
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Program Director: 
Dr. Robert Rubin  -  707.527.4250  -  rrubin@santarosa.edu
bio: http://seawatch.org/en/About/28/advisory-board

Project Manager:
Karey Kumli  -  707.527.4203 ext. 4, 707.483.5007  -  Manta.birostris1@gmail.com
bio: http://www.mantatrust.org/about-us/staff/

Manta conservation

IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable
Maldives protection initiative announced

Colleagues

Pelagios-Kakunja
Bryce Groark, Feb 2012 trip
Anne-Marie Kitchen-Wheeler
Tim Clark
Guy Stevens
Keller & Wendy Laros
Glenn van Blairicom

Organizations

The American Elasmobranch Society
American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
Fins Attached: Marine Research and Conservation
The Great White Shark Project
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The Manta Trust | Conservation through Research, Awareness and Education
MigraMar
Sea Watch
Western Society of Naturalists

About the Archipielago Revillagigedo

UNESCO tentative World Heritage Site
Revillagigedos sea mounts

Manta reference articles

Alexander 1995 Mobula heat exchanger.pdf
Mobula heat exchanger - R. Alexander

Alexander 1996 brainwarming in Mobula, Manta.pdf
Brain warming in Mobula, Manta - R. Alexander

manta ecology summary.doc


Travel_Socorro_BarbRoy_18.pdf
Mexico's Revillagigedos Archipelago - Barb Roy

The Global Threat to Manta and Mobula Rays WEB.pdf
Global threat to manta, mobula - Manta Ray of Hope 2011

Couturier et al. 2012.pdf
Biology, ecology and conservation of the Mobulidae
Couturier et al 2012
Mantas_SF15.pdf
Manta Rays: Not All Black & White
Rubin, R. November 2002. Shark Focus 15: 4-5.

Conservation

Conservation International
Sea Watch

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