Movements and Spatial Use Patterns of Radio-tagged West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) along the Atlantic Coast of Florida and Georgia: A Progress Report
The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is a large, herbivorous aquatic mammalthat lives in shallow estuaries, rivers and coastal areas of the New World tropics and subtropics(Lefebvre et at. 1989). The Florida subspecies (T. m. latirostris) occurs at the northern end ofthe species' range. Their low metabolic rate makes them susceptible to cold stress in winter,hence limiting their northward distribution and affecting their behavior and movements (Irvine1983). During the warm-season, manatees can be found throughout the coastal areas andfreshwater river systems of Florida and Georgia, but in winter most manatees aggregate aroundwarm-water sources, either natural springs or industrial effluents, in central and southern Florida(Hartman 1979). This document discusses various techniques and data sets resulting from aerial surveying and telemetry tracking studies. (94 page document)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit , University of Florida
1996
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| Subjects: | Biology, Information Management, Limnology, West Indian Manatees, Trichechus manatus, movements, Florida, Georgia, data sets, telemetry, aerial surveys, tracking, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18947 |
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| Summary: | The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is a large, herbivorous aquatic mammalthat lives in shallow estuaries, rivers and coastal areas of the New World tropics and subtropics(Lefebvre et at. 1989). The Florida subspecies (T. m. latirostris) occurs at the northern end ofthe species' range. Their low metabolic rate makes them susceptible to cold stress in winter,hence limiting their northward distribution and affecting their behavior and movements (Irvine1983). During the warm-season, manatees can be found throughout the coastal areas andfreshwater river systems of Florida and Georgia, but in winter most manatees aggregate aroundwarm-water sources, either natural springs or industrial effluents, in central and southern Florida(Hartman 1979). This document discusses various techniques and data sets resulting from aerial surveying and telemetry tracking studies. (94 page document) |
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