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
This report results from an invitation to review the needs andprospects for capture-recapture and aerial census studies of themanatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida. Three aerial reconnaissance flights provided afirst hand view of manatee habitats, as follows: May 3, SuwanneeRiver to Kings Bay and Crystal River (Rathbun, Eberhardt), May 4,Vero Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and Ft. Myers by way of Whitewater Bay(Rose, Percival, Eberhardt), and May 5, Cape Canaveral to Jacksonville,St. Johns River and Blue Spring (Rose, Kinnaird, Eberhardt). (24 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
1982
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| Subjects: | Biology, Information Management, West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, Florida, censusing techniques, aerial survey, mark and recapture, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18951 |
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| Summary: | This report results from an invitation to review the needs andprospects for capture-recapture and aerial census studies of themanatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida. Three aerial reconnaissance flights provided afirst hand view of manatee habitats, as follows: May 3, SuwanneeRiver to Kings Bay and Crystal River (Rathbun, Eberhardt), May 4,Vero Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and Ft. Myers by way of Whitewater Bay(Rose, Percival, Eberhardt), and May 5, Cape Canaveral to Jacksonville,St. Johns River and Blue Spring (Rose, Kinnaird, Eberhardt). (24 page document) |
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