2024
Investigating the Challenges and Effectiveness of Implementing Online Marine Environmental Education in Laamu Atoll, Maldives
2024
Ellie Millington (MSc - University of Exeter)
2023
Attitude and local ecological knowledge of fishermen with reference to mobulid conservation, Addu Atoll, Maldives
2023
Ezster Tripa (MSc - Heriot Watt University)
Understanding the species richness of cleaning stations and ecological role of cleaning symbioses in Laamu Atoll, Maldives, using data from Remote Underwater Video (RUV) surveys
2023
Tessa McCormack (MSc - University of Exeter)
Cleaning to Conservation: Remote Underwater Photographs Reveal Environmental Drivers and Resighting Patterns of Mobula alfredi in Laamu Atoll, Maldives.
2023
Benjamin Guilford-Pearce (MSc - University of Exeter)
Population demographics, habitat use and regional movements of reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) in Makunudhoo, Maldives and implications for management
2023
Nina Cristiano (MSc Marine Conservation - University of Plymouth)
Assessing elasmobranch populations at Hurawalhi Island Resort (Maldives)
2023
Francesca Waters (MSc Marine Conservation - University of Plymouth)
2022
Using remote cameras at cleaning stations to understand the seasonality and behaviour of the reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) of Baa atoll, Maldives.
2022
Henry Gould (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of Exeter)
Influences of reef manta ray (M. alfredi) visitation patterns to a remote cleaning station and the implications for conservation.
2022
Darcy Brady (MSc Marine Conservation - University of Plymouth)
Variation in visitation patterns and habitat use of adult and juvenile Mobula alfredi (reef manta rays) at key aggregation sites in Raa Atoll, Maldives.
2022
Annabel Kemp (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of Exeter)
Using remote cameras at cleaning stations to understand the seasonality and behaviour of the reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) of Laamu Atoll, Maldives.
2022
Christopher John Stewart Wenham (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of Exeter)
The Use of Fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) in Mobulid Conservation, Maldives.
2022
Hannah Cocks (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of Exeter)
Feeding ecology and habitat use of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in the Chagos Marine Protected Area, Indian Ocean revealed using stable isotope analysis.
2022
Genevieve Alexander (MRes Applied Marine Science - University of Plymouth)
Intra-annual variations of reef manta ray visitation patterns to a remote cleaning station and the implications for conservation.
2022
Kathryn Thibaut (MRes Applied Marine Science - University of Plymouth)
2021
Ontogenetic variation in patterns of sightings of reef manta rays in the Maldives: environmental influences, distribution, and implications for protected area management
2021
Emma Hedley (MSc Marine Ecosystem Management - University of St Andrews)
It Takes A Village To Understand A Manta Ray: The contribution of multiple data sources to manta ray research and conservation in the Maldives
2021
Abi Sehmi (MSc Marine Conservation - University of Plymouth)
2020
Temporal Variations in Tourism Activities at a Key Marine Protected Area in the Maldives (2010-2019)
2020
Samuel Cameron Matthews (MSc Marine Conservation - University of Plymouth)
Project Report: Eyes on the Reef. Using remote cameras to uncover the hidden habits of reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) in the Maldives
2020
Lotte Krüger (MSc Integrative Zoology - University of Rostock)
The impact of the IOTC fisheries on mobulid rays: status and interactions, data availability, and recommendations for management
2020
Lois Flounders (University of Plymouth)
Variations in sub-lethal injuries to manta rays in the Maldives
2020
Elspeth Strike (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
A hitchhiker’s guide to manta rays - Patterns of association between Mobula alfredi and M. birostris and their symbionts in the Maldives.
2020
Aimee Nicholson-Jack (MSc Global Wildlife Health and Conservation - University of Bristol)
2019
Reef manta rays, Mobula afredi, of the Chagos Archipelago: Habitat use and the effectiveness of the region’s marine protected area.
2019
Joanna Lee Harris (MRes Applied Marine Science - University of Plymouth)
2018
Quantifying social interactions and behaviours of Mobula alfredi through the use of Crittercams
2018
Nicole Pelletier (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
Do SCUBA divers impact reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) behaviour at cleaning stations? An analysis of diver and manta interactions in the Maldives.
2018
Nicole Pelletier (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
2017
The impact of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) tourism in Quintana Roo, Mexico
2017
Kanina Francine Harty (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
The Effectiveness of a Marine Environmental Education Program in the Maldives
2017
Florence Barraud (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
2016
Does tourist behaviour affect reef manta ray feeding behaviour? An analysis of human and Manta alfredi interactions in Baa Atoll, the Maldives
2016
Ella Garrud (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
The hitchhiker’s guide to the Maldives. The echeneid-host association between remoras and manta rays.
2016
Zofia Drapella (MSci Marine Biology - University of Southampton)
2015
Maldivian manta ray populations: perceptions of local dive communities and implications for conservation
2015
Nicola Bassett (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
Natural or Anthropogenic: Threats faced by Maldivian Manta Rays
2015
Jennifer Stark (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
Quantifying the biodiversity and biomass of mesopredatory reef fishes on Laamu Atoll
2015
Jennifer House (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
German Channel Market and Management
2015
David Prieto (MSc Sustainability Management - Columbia University)
2014
The Value of Traditional Knowledge in Manta Ray Conservation in the Maldives
2014
Tamaryn Jean Sawers (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
2013
Selecting Candidate No-Take Area Locations in the Maldives
2013
Georgia Coward (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
A study of the social interactions of Manta Rays in the Baa Atoll, Maldives.
2013
Annie Murray (University of York)
2012
The impacts of tourism on a population of manta rays, Baa Atoll, Republic of Maldives
2012
Bex Lynam (University of York)
2011
Manta ray (Manta alfredi) tourism in Baa Atoll, Republic of Maldives: human interactions, behavioural impacts and management implications.
2011
Rebecca Atkins (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
2010
Investigating tourism at Hanifaru Bay marine protected area, Maldives.
2010
Katie Brooks (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
2009
An assessment of the conservation status of the whale shark Rhincodon typus in the Republic of Maldives using photo-identification and markrecapture techniques
2009
Tim Davies (MSc - Imperial College London)
Investigating Anthropogenic Impacts on the Manta Rays and Whale Sharks of Hanifaru, Maldives
2009
Luiza Neves (MSc Marine Environmental Management - University of York)
2008
Social structure and behaviour of the Manta ray (Manta birostris) in the Republic of the Maldives
2008
Gareth MacGlennon (MSc Ecology - Bangor University)