Population assessments and species monitoring for many endangered marine megafauna are limited by the challenges of identifying and tracking individuals that live underwater in remote and sometimes inaccessible areas.
Landeo-Yauri, SS +4 more
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Twelve years of “Astro” in Sergipe State: in search of harmony between the manatee and the local waterside communities =Doze anos de “Astro” no Estado de Sergipe: buscando harmonia entre o peixe-boi e as comunidades ribeirinhas [PDF]
The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) is the most threatened aquatic mammal in Brazil. It was considered to be extinct in Sergipe until 1998, when a re-introduced animal (Astro) arrived.
Stephen Francis Ferrari +1 more
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Rapidly declining seagrass meadows in Brazil: Findings from satellite imagery and local knowledge
Abstract Due to the limitations of individual monitoring approaches, integrating social perceptions with multiple advanced technologies provides a new opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem degradation. We combined historical aerial mapping, satellite imagery, semi‐structured interviews with local stakeholders, and a bilingual ...
Karine Matos Magalhães +6 more
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Lesiones ocasionadas por el bagre armado del Amazonas Pterygoplichthys sp. en tres manatíes antillanos en cautiverio Trichechus manatus manatus [PDF]
Background. The interaction between Pterygoplichthys and Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) was recorded approximately 13 years ago in Florida, United States.
Pigenutt Galindo, Omar +1 more
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Multi‐Scale Habitat Selection of Greater Caribbean Manatees in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
ABSTRACT Habitat selection describes population distribution as a function of environmental features. It is a fundamental process with primordial ecological and evolutionary implications. To accurately describe habitat selection, it is important to identify temporal and spatial scales perceived by the population and use these scales when modeling ...
Émilie Gagnon +7 more
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Estimating Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) abundance using passive acoustic methods [PDF]
T.A.M.’s contribution was conducted under the ACCURATE project, funded by the U.S. Navy Living Marine Resources program (Contract No. N3943019C2176) with partial support by CEAUL (funded by FCT— Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, through ...
Berchem, Cora +2 more
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We employed landmark-based 3D geometric morphometrics to assess cranial size and shape diversification in Trichechus manatus and T. inunguis to compare it with patterns among all manatee taxa (T. manatus latirostris, T. m. manatus, T. inunguis and T. senegalensis), and to analyse geographic variation within American manatee populations, using a sample ...
Helen M. D. do R. Barros +6 more
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Ocurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis, Natterer, 1883) [PDF]
The apicomplexa protozoa Cryptosporidium infects several mammals, including terrestrial and aquatic species. In the epidemiology of this infection, the ingestion of water and/or food contamined with oocysts comprises the main mechanism of transmission to
Maria Aparecida da Glória Faustino +8 more
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Drone photogrammetry reveals contrasting body conditions of dugongs across the Indo‐Pacific
The monitoring of body condition has gained traction as a way to provide early warning signals of population decline, prompting conservation actions. However, the environmental and anthropogenic drivers of body condition variations are rarely investigated.
Camille Goudalier +16 more
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Abundance estimates for the Antillean manatee, Trichechus manatus manatus, in the southern Gulf of Mexico are based on interviews, mortality reports, and opportunistic sightings.
Giselle Puc-Carrasco +3 more
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