Simulated vessel approaches elicit differential responses from manatees

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 629-649

  Miksis Olds, Jennifer L ^a,e   Donaghay, Percy L ^a   Miller, James H ^b   Tyack, Peter L ^c   Reynolds III, John E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Disturbance; Manatee; Playback experiment; Trichechus manatus latirostris; Watercraft approaches

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLLISION; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING VESSEL; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; PARK MANAGEMENT; SEAGRASS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 34250364063     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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