Bibliography Record
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O'Shea, Thomas J.; Correa-Viana, MartÃn; Ludlow, Mark E.; Robinson, John G.
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Distribution, status, and traditional significance of the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus in Venezuela.
Biol. Conserv. 46: 281-301. 3 tabs. 1 fig.
–Abridged Spanish transl.: Correa-Viana et al. (1990). Presents results of interview and aerial surveys, and describes hunting methods, use of manatee products, and traditional beliefs. Some manatees were found in Lake Maracaibo, but they are most abundant in eastern Venezuela and the Orinoco. Hunting seems to be declining. The Caribbean coast of Venezuela may be a barrier to manatee gene flow. Evidence for seasonal movements is weak, and Orinoco manatees may undergo dry-season fasting. Ends with recommendations for improved conservation measures.
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Related Index Records (14)
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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
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O'Shea et al. (TM; Venezuela; boats, nets; 284, 289, 292.) |
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Aerial Surveys of Distribution
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O'Shea et al. (TM; Venezuela; 283-289, 297-298.) |
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Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; 282, 291-293, 298-299.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; meat, oil, hide, bone; "3 kinds of meat"; 291-296.) |
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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.)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; possible dry-season fasting; 298.) |
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Food Plants: Mangroves
(SEE ALSO: Avicennia, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, Rhizophora)
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O'Shea et al. (Venezuela; 290.) |
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Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; harpoons; 282, 286, 288-297.) |
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Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; meat, oil, skin, bones; 293-294.) |
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Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; seasonal movements doubtful; 290-291, 297-298.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Venezuela; bones kept for luck in hunting, ear bones used as amulets, 293-294; Warauno folklore, 294.) |
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Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
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O'Shea et al. (absent from Venezuela, 282, 288; comp. w/ TM, 298.) |
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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
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O'Shea et al. (Venezuela; distr., status, traditional significance; 281-301.) |
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Venezuela
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; distr., status, traditional significance; 281-301.) |
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Vernacular Names
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O'Shea et al. (TMM; Warauno, Venezuela; joninaba, aira; 294.) |
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