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Censusing manatees: a report on the feasibility of using aerial surveys and mark and recapture techniques to conduct a population survey of the West Indian Manatee [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
This report results from an invitation to review the needs and prospects for capture-recapture and aerial census studies of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida. Three aerial reconnaissance flights provided a first hand view of manatee habitats,
Eberhardt, L. Lee   +2 more
core  

How large should whales be? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The evolution and distribution of species body sizes for terrestrial mammals is well-explained by a macroevolutionary tradeoff between short-term selective advantages and long-term extinction risks from increased species body size, unfolding above the 2g
A Clauset   +56 more
core   +3 more sources

Drivers of Habitat Selection by the Endangered Greater Caribbean Manatee in Coastal‐Marine Ecosystems

open access: yesAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Habitat selection is a fundamental aspect of animal movement and behaviour, involving strategies that influence population regulation, species interactions, community structure and the generation and preservation of biodiversity. The Greater Caribbean Manatee is a megaherbivorous aquatic mammal with high environmental plasticity, found in a ...
Iran C. Normande   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tecnología agrícola internacional. Estudio comparativo con modelos panel no lineales

open access: yesEl Trimestre Económico, 2006
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Rodolfo Cermeño, Sirenia Vázquez
doaj  

The epizoic diatom Campylodiscus cf. clypeus (Bacillariophyta: Surirellaceae), a new symbiont of the Caribbean manatee in Mexico

open access: yesCaldasia, 2018
Observations on the epizoic interaction between diatoms and marine mammals have been conducted mostly in cetaceans and are scarce in sirenians. By scraping the skin surface, the samples of biofilm were collected of a captive male Caribbean manatee in ...
Marco Violante-Huerta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of marine mammals and their endangerment in the Adriatic sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Sisavci nastanjuju sva kopnena i morska staništa. Pravi sisavci razvili su se prije 220 milijuna godina i do danas zadržali osnovne tjelesne karakteristike među vrstama.
Šoštarić, Sonja
core   +2 more sources

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in environmental biology: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Acquiring information about the environment is a key step during each study in the field of environmental biology at different levels, from an individual species to community and biome.
Bogawski, Pawel   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Order Sirenia

open access: yes, 1982
James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl (1982): Order Sirenia. In: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl (Eds): Mammal Species of the World (1st Edition). Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections: 305-306, ISBN: 0-89327-235-3, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo ...
James H. Honacki   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Do Marine Mammals Diversify More Slowly Than Non‐Marine Mammals?

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Species richness is generally lower in marine than in terrestrial ecosystems, but the reasons behind this disparity remain unclear. This study examines whether marine mammals diversify at a slower pace than their non‐marine counterparts, aiming to shed light on the factors explaining potential diversification differences among them ...
Adriana Oliver   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rescue, rehabilitation, and release of marine mammals: An analysis of current views and practices. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Stranded marine mammals have long attracted public attention. Those that wash up dead are, for all their value to science, seldom seen by the public as more than curiosities.
Geraci, Joseph R.   +2 more
core  

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