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Gulf of Mexico oil blowout increases risks to globally threatened species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Fourteen marine species in the Gulf of Mexico are protected by the US Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Campagna, C   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases in Manatees in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Manatíes y delfines en sitios arqueológicos precolombinos de Cuba

open access: yesNovitates Caribaea, 2015
Se revisa el registro de los mamíferos acuáticos hallados en sitios arqueológicos precolombinos de Cuba, el cual incluye mayormente el manatí (Trichechus manatus) y en muy escasa frecuencia al delfín nariz de botella (Turciops truncatus) y otro cetáceo ...
Osvaldo Jiménez Vázquez
doaj   +1 more source

Color Vision in the Manatee (Trichechus manatus)

open access: yesVision Research, 1996
Four manatees were trained to discriminate between a colored stimulus and a shade of gray in a two-fold simultaneous choice situation. The colors blue, green, red and blue-green were tested against shades of gray varying from low to high relative brightness. The animals distinguished both blue and green from a series of grays but failed to discriminate
GRIEBEL, ULRIKE, SCHMID, AXEL
openaire   +2 more sources

Microplastics in large marine herbivores: Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Tampa Bay

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Although there is growing concern about ingestion of microplastics by marine organisms, little research has been conducted on marine herbivores. This is the first study to document microplastic ingestion within the family Sirenia.
Shannon Gowans, A. Siuda
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cuban Connection: Regional Role for Florida's Manatees

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2018
The status of the West Indian manatee [Trichechus manatus (Linnaeus, 1758)] remains enigmatic. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the species as “Vulnerable” and the two subspecies [T. m. manatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and T.
Anmari Alvarez-Alemán   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colonizadores portugueses, tartarugas e peixes-boi: uma história da busca por carne, gordura e combustível na Amazônia do século XVIII

open access: yesDiálogos, 2017
Na Amazônia, os colonizadores portugueses consumiam a carne e gordura de peixes-boi (Trichechus inunguis e Trichechus manatus) e tartarugas-da-Amazônia (Podocmenis expansa).
Marlon Marcel Fiori   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Malignant Lymphoma in a West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Wildlife Diseases, 2005
We identified a malignant lymphoma infiltrating the lung, liver, kidney, mesenteric lymph nodes, and eye as the cause of death in a male West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Diagnosis was based on gross, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical studies.
Hammer, A.S.   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Characterization of novel papillomavirus from free-ranging Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus with genital papillomatosis

open access: yesDiseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2022
The Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus is an Endangered species living along the Atlantic coasts of the Americas from Florida (USA), throughout the Caribbean, to Brazil. In July 2020, a manatee with multiple wounds due to boat-inflicted trauma was rescued from the coast east of Cayo Mata, Salinas, Puerto Rico.
Antonio A, Mignucci-Giannoni   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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