Manatees in Miami-Dade: Examining Their Presence and Persistence Through the Lens of Human-Wildlife Interactions [PDF]
, 2023 Using a mixed methods, social-ecological approach, this study aims to construct a modern history of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in urban, coastal areas of Miami, as well as assess people’s perceptions and knowledge of the ...
Otalora, Andrea
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 1: Starting to Learn about Manatees
EDIS, 2015 This 3-page fact sheet is the first 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 ...
Heather Maness +2 more
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An Isotopic Assessment Of The Feeding Habits Of Free-Ranging Manatees [PDF]
, 2006 There is relatively little information available on how the relative importance of fresh, brackish, or marine environments may vary geographically or individually with respect to manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris feeding ecology.
Reich, Kimberly J., Worthy, Graham A.J.
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P-47 Florida Manatees Have Less Functional Teeth and Higher Levels of Mesowear Than Other Manatee Populations [PDF]
, 2018 Manatees possess molars that are replaced in a conveyer-belt-like fashion. This mechanism is thought to be an adaption for their diet. Because manatees of different populations consume foods growing on different substrates, we hypothesize that they will ...
Gonzalez, Daniel +2 more
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 5: Manatees and Their Cousins [PDF]
, 2015 This 6-page fact sheet is the fifth 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 ...
Maia McGuire, Ruth Francis-Floyd
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Development of an Underwater Infrared Camera to Detect Manatees [PDF]
, 2005 In calendar year 2004, watercraft related mortality was the second leading cause of death of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) accounting for 25% of total known manatee deaths.
Keith, Edward O.
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Temperature Inverted Haloclines Provide Winter Warm-Water Refugia for Manatees in Southwest Florida [PDF]
, 2020 Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) overwintering in the Ten Thousand Islands and western Everglades have no access to power plants or major artesian springs that provide warm-water refugia in other parts of Florida.
Terry J Doyle +7 more
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Conservation Science and PracticeThe Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), a vulnerable species native to the Amazon River Basin, is threatened by habitat loss, illegal hunting, and pollution.
Marquez C. White +4 more
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P-26 Preliminary Data for How Manatees (Trichechus Manatus Manatus) Locate Food in Their Natural Environments [PDF]
, 2019 Manatees, which are members of the order Sirenia, are completely aquatic herbivores. How manatees find their food in their natural habitats remains unknown.
Gonzalez-Socoloske, Daniel +1 more
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