Murray, Annie
Royauté, Raphaël http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-633X
Stevens, Guy M. W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-9830
Roberts, Callum http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-4258
Arnold, Kathryn E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-6065
Funding for this research was provided by:
Four Seasons Resort at Landaa Giraavaru
Manta Trust
Maldives Manta Conservation Programme
Article History
Received: 7 September 2023
Revised: 3 June 2024
Accepted: 6 June 2024
First Online: 29 June 2024
Declarations
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: The research activities were approved by the Animal Welfare and Ethics Board at the University of York (ref. CR321) and adhered to the Manta Trust’s code of conduct for minimising disturbance when interacting with Manta Rays () (see Murray et al. which provides an evidence base for this code of conduct). Field research was approved by the Maldives' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permits EPA/RP/2015/01, EPA/2016/RP-01 and EPA/2016/RP-02.
: Authors declare no competing interests related to the work submitted for publication.