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Factors influencing survival of rescued Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis) during clinical rehabilitation in Peru

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.
The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) faces threats like habitat loss, illegal hunting, and pollution. Our analysis of 54 rescued manatees in a Peruvian Amazon rehabilitation center revealed that initial weight and rate of weight gain significantly influenced survival during rehabilitation, while intestinal obstruction, often from prior ...
Marquez C. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Áreas de distribución y alimentación del manatí Trichechus manatus manatus en época de aguas altas en la zona de influencia Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia

open access: yesActa Biológica Colombiana, 2004
En los meses de junio a octubre del año 2003, correspondientes a la época hidroclimática de aguas altas, se realizó un estudio sobre el río Orinoco, en la zona de influencia de Puerto Carreño cuyo objetivo perseguía la descripción de aspectos ...
Isabel Victoria Gómez Camelo   +2 more
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Manatee calf call contour and acoustic structure varies by species and body size

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Vocal activity and signal characteristics of mammals are driven by several factors that result in both stability and plasticity over multiple time scales.
Beth Brady   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758

open access: yes, 2005
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758 Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 34. Type Locality: "Mari Americano"; restricted by Thomas (1911 a) to "West Indies.". Vernacular Names: West Indian Manatee. Synonyms: Trichechus amazonius Shaw 1800; Trichechus americanus Link 1795; Trichechus antillarum Link 1795; Trichechus clusii ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
openaire   +2 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

A hybrid swarm of manatees along the Guianas coastline, a peculiar environment under the influence of the Amazon River plume

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
: The West Indian (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian (T. inunguis) manatees have a sympatric occurrence at the mouth of the Amazon River. A result of this interspecific encounter is the occurrence of hybrids, which are frequently found along the coasts ...
CAMILLA S. LIMA   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

La epibiosis en los grandes vertebrados marinos de México: una revisión y su relevancia ecosistémica

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Biología, 2018
En este trabajo se revisan los casos de epibiosis reportados en los grandes vertebrados de México. La revisión de literatura incluye las publicaciones realizadas al mes de junio de 2018 considerando los 17 estados del litoral costero de la república ...
Marco Violante-Huerta
doaj   +1 more source

Boater Manatee Awareness System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
A variety of see-in-the-dark technologies have been evaluated with the objective of adapting them to detect Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) aggregations in specific highuse areas, such as warm water refuges in the winter time.
Keith, Edward O.
core   +1 more source

An approach to modeling abundance of marine wildlife over space and time using unstructured aerial surveys

open access: yesThe Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2026.
We present an approach for estimating wildlife abundance from unstructured aerial surveys. We combine a spatial model for count data with auxiliary information on detection probability. This framework is intended to be flexible, requiring lower survey costs and less computation time than other alternatives for estimating abundance.
Timothy A. Gowan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The microbiome of large marine vertebrates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Veliki morski kralježnjaci iznimno su vaţni stanovnici oceanskih ekosustava, a mogu biti domaćini velikom broju mikroorganizama. Sve više istraživanja pokazuje da je mikrobiom, skup svih gena zajednice mikroorganizama, od velike evolucijske vaţnosti za ...
Mihaljević, Mihaela
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