The Florida manatee: On the verge of extinction?

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1178-1183

  Bossart, Gregory D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Seaquarium   (United States)

^c Miami Museum of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLORIDA; MORTALITY; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0033560252     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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