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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 13: Manatee Migration Activity

open access: yesEDIS, 2015
This 21-page fact sheet is the thirteenth lesson of the Third Grade Manatee Workbook series. This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and ...
Maia McGuire, Ruth Francis-Floyd
doaj   +5 more sources

Research Contributing to Improvements in Controlling Florida’s Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Diseases

open access: yesInsects, 2016
Research on mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases has contributed to improvements in providing effective, efficient, and environmentally proper mosquito control.
Walter J. Tabachnick
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus sp. and Escherichia coli isolated from captive Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)

open access: yesCiência Rural
: The Amazonian manatee (Trichechusinunguis) is an aquatic mammal threatened with extinction. However, few studies have investigated the pathogens in this species, which may affect both animal and human health. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency,
T. Souza   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diet composition of the African manatee: Spatial and temporal variation within the Sanaga River Watershed, Cameroon

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the diet of African manatees in Cameroon to better inform conservation decisions within protected areas. A large knowledge gap on diet and seasonal changes in forage availability limits the ability to develop ...
Aristide Takoukam Kamla   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 3: Manatee Adaptations

open access: yesEDIS, 2015
This 3-page fact sheet is the third lesson of the Third Grade Manatee Workbook series. This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can ...
Alexis Morris   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Inter-lab comparison of precision and recommended methods for age estimation of Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) using growth layer groups in earbones

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2016
Manatees are routinely aged by counting Growth Layer Groups (GLGs) in periotic bones (earbones). Manatee carcasses recovered in Florida between 1974 and 2010 provided age-estimation material for three readers and formed the base for a retrospective ...
Katherine Brill   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nematode epibionts on skin of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
A survey for the presence of nematodes on the skin of the native Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris from Crystal River, Florida was conducted during annual manatee health assessments.
R. Gonzalez   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The evolving therapeutic landscape of spinal muscular atrophy – A scoping review of investigational agents, emerging delivery technologies and strategic innovations

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disease with emerging therapeutic complexity. This review aims to systematically map the global pipeline of investigational treatments for SMA. Using ClinicalTrials.gov and complementary international registries, we identified 21 planned or ongoing interventional trials from 2020 to 2025 targeting
Andrej Belančić   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioacoustic Classification of Antillean Manatee Vocalization Spectrograms Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
We evaluated the potential of using convolutional neural networks in classifying spectrograms of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) vocalizations. Spectrograms using binary, linear and logarithmic amplitude formats were considered.
Fernando Merchan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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