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Nutritional composition of manatee’s diet in the Western Caribbean: from the river to the reef

Ethology Ecology & Evolution
The endangered Greater Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), one of the largest aquatic herbivores in the Caribbean, plays a crucial role in nutrient recycling within the ecosystem, and the study of its feeding ecology is important for its ...
Katerin Arévalo-González, D. N. Castelblanco‐Martínez, Arturo Serrano, Alberto Pereira-Corona   +3 more
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Conservation issues using discordant taxonomic and evolutionary units: a case study of the American manatee (Trichechus manatus, Sirenia)

Wildlife research (East Melbourne), 2021
. The delimitation of evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) frequently results in controversy, but prioritising populations with evolutionary independence is essential for effective in situ conservation management.
Camilla S. Lima, R. F. Magalhães, F. R. Santos   +2 more
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Bionomics of Dugongs and Manatees

Nature, 1968
These large aquatic mammals have always been valued as food, but little has been known of their biology. The following, based on a paper read to the Linnean Society on February 15, is a report of a preliminary study carried out in Queensland and Guyana.
G C, Bertram, C K, Ricardo Bertram
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Metal and metalloid maternal transfer in a newborn West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) two years after the northeastern oil spill disaster of 2019 in Brazil.

Marine Pollution Bulletin
A large-scale oil spill along the northeastern Brazilian coast in 2019-2020 severely impacted primary manatee habitats in Brazil. This study aimed to assess metal and metalloid contamination in a dead manatee calf found following this oil spill.
L. Lemos, F. L. N. Attademo, Lauro Henrique de Paiva, A. F. Costa, L. A. Reis, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, R. Hauser‐Davis, Salvatore Siciliano   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Classification of Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) vocalizations.

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020
The vocal repertoire for the Florida manatee is quantitatively categorized from a sample of 1114 calls recorded from 3 different manatee habitats in Florida.
Beth A. Brady, Daniela Hedwig, Vasilis Trygonis, E. Gerstein   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Not Everyone Likes Manatees: Fishers' Perceptions Unveil Opportunities and Challenges for Manatee Conservation in the Swamp Complex of Ayapel, Colombia

Aquatic conservation
Greater Caribbean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus face complex conservation challenges throughout their distribution range, many of which are associated with human factors; and in consequence, the subspecies is considered Endangered (EN) by the ...
María Mercedes Ordoñez‐Nieto, Nataly Casteblanco‐Martinez, Karick JOTTY-Arroyo   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Antillean manatee produces broadband vocalizations with ultrasonic frequencies.

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020
Antillean manatees produce vocalizations reported to be important for communication, but their vocal behavior throughout their geographic range is poorly understood.
E. Ramos, Maria Maust-Mohl, Kristi A. Collom, Beth A. Brady, E. Gerstein, M. Magnasco, D. Reiss   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Manatee

2019
The Nigerian Field, 6 (1), 23 ...
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Cognition of the manatee: past research and future developments

Animal Cognition, 2022
Y. Hénaut, Aviva Charles, F. Delfour
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Manatee cognition in the wild: an exploration of the manatee mind and behavior through neuroanatomy, psychophysics, and field observations

Animal Cognition, 2022
G. Bauer, R. Reep
semanticscholar   +1 more source