Use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags to identify manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 641-645

  Wright, Irene E ^a   Wright, Scott D ^a,b   Sweat, James M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

EID: 0031839650     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00752.x     Document Type: Article

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