Characterization of resting holes and their use by the antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Drowned Cayes, Belize

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-71

  Bacchus, Marie Lys C ^a,b   Dunbar, Stephen G ^a,b   Self Sullivan, Caryn ^c,d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sirenian International   (United States)

Author keywords

Antillean manatee; Belize; Conservation; Diurnal; Habitat; Nocturnal; Resting holes; Sightings; Trichechus manatus manatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HABITAT USE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SIRENIAN; SITE SELECTION;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA; DROWNED CAYES;

TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS MANATUS;

EID: 70350344651     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.1.2009.62     Document Type: Article

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