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Manatees and brevetoxicosis

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Date Issued:
2002
Title: Manatees and brevetoxicosis.
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Name(s): Bossart, Gregory D.
Baden, Daniel G.
Ewing, Ruth Y.
Wright, S. D.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher: Krieger Publishing.
Place of Publication: Malabar, FL
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 9 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007319 (IID)
Note(s): The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is one of the most endangered coastal marine mammals in the world with an estimated population of 3000 animals (Florida Manatee Recovery Plan, 1995). The long-term survival of this species is jeopardized due largely to human-related and perinatal mortality and loss or degradation of habitat caused by widespread development in Florida. Human-related mortality is primarily due to blunt or sharp traumatic injuries from boat impacts and accounts for up to 30% of the annual manatee mortality. Additionally, because of the manatees' ability to produce only a single calf every 3 to 5 years, mortality may be exceeding the species' ability to produce new animals.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1371
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Bossart, G. D., Baden, D. G., Ewing, R. Y., & Wright, S. D. (2002). Manatees and brevetoxicosis. In C. J. Pfeiffer (Ed.), Molecular and cell biology of marine mammals (pp. 205-212). Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co.
Subject(s): Manatees
Marine mammals--Mortality
Dinoflagellate blooms
Marine toxins
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Host Institution: FAU