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Genetic Connectivity of the West Indian Manatee in the Southern Range and Limited Evidence of Hybridization With Amazonian Manatees

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The Antillean subspecies of the West Indian manatee is classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Caitlin E. Beaver, Coralie Nourisson, Coralie Nourisson, Robert K. Bonde, Fernanda L. N. Attademo, Adriana Vieira Miranda, Juan Pablo Torres-Florez, Glaucia Pereira de Sousa, José Zanon Passavante, Margaret E. Hunter   +10 more
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Increasing mortality of Endangered Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus due to watercraft collisions in Belize

Endangered Species Research, 2023
Belize maintains the largest proportion of the Endangered Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus population in its range, but tourism and boat traffic have increased substantially over the past 3 decades.
CG Galves, NA Gomez, J Galves, KM Zilliacus, DA Croll, AM Kilpatrick   +5 more
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Analysis of a long-term dataset of Antillean manatee strandings in Belize: implications for conservation

Oryx, 2023
We analysed 23 years of data on strandings of the Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus in Belize, documented by the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network, to examine the threats to this population.
Jamal Galves, Celeshia Guy Galves, Nicole Auil Gomez, Robert K. Bonde, James Powell, Anmari Alvarez-Alemán, Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accomplishments and challenges of the research on Antillean manatee: A bibliometric analysis

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 2023
The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee inhabiting countries of South America, Meso America and the Caribbean. Basic and applied research is necessary to inform management plans for the effective recovery of this subspecies.
Castelblanco Martínez, Nataly, Gonzalez-Socoloske, Daniel, Cabrias, Leslie, Garcés Cuartas, Natalia, Arévalo González, Gloria Katerin, Gomes Borges, João Carlos, Marmontel, Miriam   +6 more
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The potential of aquatic bloodfeeding and nonbloodfeeding leeches as a tool for iDNA characterisation

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 22, Issue 2, Page 539-553, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Leeches play important roles in food webs due to their abundance, diversity and feeding habits. Studies using invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) extracted from leech gut contents to target vertebrate DNA have focused on the Indo‐Pacific region and mainly leveraged the leech family Haemadipsidae, composed of bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches, while
Christina Lynggaard, Alejandro Oceguera‐Figueroa, Sebastian Kvist, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Kristine Bohmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) back in town? Presence of the species at the “Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam”, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2017
The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), considered endangered, is protected at national (Mexico) and international levels. Since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, sightings of manatees have been rare at Conil Lagoon, located within the natural ...
José Gerardo Ávila-Canto, Carolina Velázquez-Mendoza, Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, Carlos Niño-Torres, Fernando Córdova-Tapia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated toxoplasmosis in Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus from Puerto Rico [PDF]

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2012
Necropsies were conducted on 4 Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus that were stranded in single events on the coastal beaches of Puerto Rico from August 2010 to August 2011. Three manatees were emaciated and the gastrointestinal tracts were devoid of digesta.
Gregory D, Bossart, Antonio A, Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio L, Rivera-Guzman, Nilda M, Jimenez-Marrero, Alvin C, Camus, Robert K, Bonde, Jitender P, Dubey, John S, Reif   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Have Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) entered the Eastern Pacific Ocean?

, 2023
Marine Mammal Science, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 274-280, January 2023.
Hector M. Guzman, Candy K. Real
wiley   +1 more source

Ocorrência de infecção Cryptosporidium spp. em peixe-boi marinho (Trichechus manatus) Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. infection in antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus)

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2009
A criptosporidiose constitui-se como uma zoonose que pode afetar o homem e uma ampla variedade de animais domésticos e silvestres, principalmente indivíduos imunodeficientes.
João Carlos Gomes Borges, Leucio Câmara Alves, Jociery Einhardt Vergara-Parente, Maria Aparecida da Glória Faustino, Erilane de Castro Lima Machado   +4 more
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The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) along the Caribbean coast of Colombia: underused incidental records help identify present and past coastal‐lowland hotspots

, 2023
Marine Mammal Science, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 322-337, January 2023.
Adolphe O. Debrot, Dalila Caicedo‐Herrera, Isabel Gómez‐Camelo, Yenyfer Moná‐Sanabria, Camila Rosso, Jan Tjalling van der Wal, Antonio A. Mignucci‐Giannoni   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source