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"Belitsky, David W."

Belitsky, David W.: SEE ALSO Powell et al., 1981. (detail)
 
 
 Belitsky, David W.; Belitsky, Cheryl L. (detail)
   
1978
El manatí, Trichechus manatus, en la República Dominicana: distribución y abundancia.
Serie de Publicaciones Científicas, Dirección Nacional de Parques (Repúb. Domin.) No. 1: 7-36. 5 tabs. 5 figs. 6 appendices of other tabs. & figs. Mar. 1978.
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 Belitsky, David W.; Belitsky, Cheryl L. (detail)
   
1980
Distribution and abundance of manatees Trichechus manatus in the Dominican Republic.
Biol. Conserv. 17(4): 313-319. 2 figs. May 1980.
–Aerial surveys and interviews demonstrated that populations exist on the north and southwest coasts; calves were seen year-round; evidence was found of poaching, possible shark predation, possible coastwise movements and use of freshwater upwellings, but little if any use of rivers by manatees.
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 Powell, James Arthur, Jr.; Belitsky, David W.; Rathbun, Galen B. (detail)
   
1981
Status of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Puerto Rico.
Jour. Mamm. 62(3): 642-646. 2 tabs. 1 fig. Aug. 20, 1981.
–Reports that aerial surveys in Puerto Rico in 1976-79 counted up to 51 manatees; gives notes on their occurrence in and drinking of fresh water, their preference for calm waters, and their mortality in fishing nets. The manatee population is said to be "small and widely distributed".
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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