Bibliography Record

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Brownell, Robert L., Jr.; Ralls, Katherine S.; Reeves, Randall R. (detail)
   
1981
Report of the West Indian manatee workshop. In: R. L. Brownell, Jr., & K. S. Ralls (eds.), The West Indian manatee in Florida. Proceedings of a workshop held in Orlando, Florida 27-29 March 1978 (q.v.).
Tallahassee, Florida Dept. Nat. Res. (iv + 154): 3-16.
–Synthesizes data presented at the workshop with previously available data on Florida manatee abundance, reproductive biology, feeding, social behavior, human-caused and cold-related mortality, captive husbandry and breeding, and rehabilitation and release of captives. Points out where research is needed in these areas, and makes recommendations for management.

Related Index Records (9)

Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TM; Florida; review & research needs; 6-10.)

Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TM; Florida; research needs; 6.)

Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TML; review & research needs; 10-13.)

Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TML; Florida; recommendations; 15-16.)

Florida
  x * 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TML; review; 3-16.)

Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TML; Florida; feeding ecology; review & research needs; 5.)

Population Biology
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution; Age Determination; Birth and Breeding)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TML; Florida; review & research needs; 3-5.)

Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
  x 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (TML; Florida; review; 8-9.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x * 1981 Brownell, Ralls & Reeves (Florida; review; 3-16.)


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