Habitat selection by manatees in Sarasota Bay, Florida

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-143

  Gannon, Janet G ^a   Scolardi, Kerri M ^a   Reynolds III, John E ^a   Koelsch, Jessica K ^b   Kessenich, Teresa J ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Conservation; Florida manatee; Habitat selection; Refuge; Sarasota County; Trichechus manatus latirostris

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFUGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 33846113754     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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