Yeager, Emily A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4291-2994
Pate, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-7211
Saltzman, Julia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4666-6268
Pankow, Christian
Macdonald, Catherine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-4966
Funding for this research was provided by:
Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida (Guy Harvey Fellowship)
University of Miami (Maytag Fellowship)
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 9 October 2025
First Online: 15 December 2025
Declarations
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: All fieldwork in this study was conducted by the Marine Megafauna Foundation’s Florida Manta Project under FWC Special Activity License SAL-25–2053-SRP. No animal handling or collection of any biological samples was conducted.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.