Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases in Manatees in Brazil [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) are the two species of manatees that occur in Brazil, and both are endangered.
Attademo, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer +3 more
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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 41, Issue 2, April 2025.Abstract Deterioration of seagrass beds worldwide has raised concern about the future of dugongs because almost all aspects of their life history depend on availability of seagrass. Understanding their energy metabolism and consequently how much seagrass they need will inform protective conservation strategies for dugongs. This study determined resting
Janet M. Lanyon +5 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2019 El manatí (Trichechus manatus manatus) es un mamífero acuático que está en peligro de extinción. Una población importante de esta especie se encuentra en los sistemas fluvio-lagunares que conectan con la laguna de Términos, Campeche, en donde también ...
Paloma Ladrón de Guevara-Porras +2 more
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Dental eruption in afrotherian mammals. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Afrotheria comprises a newly recognized clade of mammals with strong molecular evidence for its monophyly. In contrast, morphological data uniting its diverse constituents, including elephants, sea cows, hyraxes, aardvarks, sengis, tenrecs ...
Asher, Robert J, Lehmann, Thomas
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Summary of 1987 and 1988 manatee aerial surveys at Kennedy Space Center [PDF]
Aerial surveys of manatees conducted since 1977 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) have provided a very useful and cost effective monitoring tool in the assessment of abundance and distribution of manatees in the northern Banana River.
Provancha, Jane A., Provancha, Mark J.
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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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Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in the maintenance water of Antillean manatees (Trichechusmanatus) in captivity [PDF]
Biotemas, 2007 The goal of this research was to verify the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in the water consumption and supply of pools used by Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) in captivity.
Jeane Kury Nobre Gomes +4 more
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Grazing by manatees excludes both new and established wild celery transplants: Implications for restoration in Kings Bay, FL, USA [PDF]
, 2004 We conducted a field experiment between August 2001 and February 2002 in Kings Bay, FL, USA, designed to determine whether the amount of time allowed for wild celery (Vallisneria americana Michx) transplants to establish altered the effect of ...
Frazer, T.K. +2 more
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Capture and utilization of the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) on the northern Brazilian coast [PDF]
Biotemas, 2008 The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is now considered to be the most endangered aquatic mammal of Brazil. During 1992 and 1993, we surveyed 3000km of the coastal area of the Maranhão (MA), Pará (PA) and Amapá (AP) states where we visited ...
Marisol Menezes Pessanha +5 more
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The influence of variations in background noise on Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) detection of boat noise and vocalizations. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Rycyk AM +4 more
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