Bibliography Record

 
 
 Powell, James Arthur, Jr.; Rathbun, Galen B. (detail)
   
1984
Distribution and abundance of manatees along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Northeast Gulf Science 7(1): 1-28. 8 tabs. 15 figs. July 31, 1984.
–An earlier version of this paper was publ. in J.M. Packard (1983c: 1-68), with a different fig. 4 and an additional fig. ("Fig. 6") included. Reviews historical and recent records of T. manatus, including aerial survey and carcass salvage data, emphasizing the southern Big Bend coast of northwestern peninsular Florida. Numbers of manatees have decreased in Texas but increased in the northeastern Gulf. The influences of temperature, sources of warm and fresh water, and food on manatee seasonal movements in the area are discussed, and used to explain the patterns of manatee use of different rivers in the Big Bend area and the increase in manatee population of this area compared with other parts of Florida. Concludes that the southern Big Bend coast offers the best long-term hope for manatee survival in the USA.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TM; northwestern Florida; 1974-82; 18-19, 21.)
Aerial Surveys of Distribution
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TM; northwestern Florida; 2-3, 10-18.)
Archeological Sites, Sirenia at
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TM; northwestern Florida; 20.)
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TM; northwestern Florida; use of warm-water refugia; 10-13, 22.)
Florida
  x * 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TML; northern Gulf Coast; 1-28.)
Food Plants: Halodule wrightii
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (Florida; 15, 17, 24.)
Food Plants: Hydrilla verticillata
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (Florida; 17.)
Food Plants: Ruppia maritima
(Ruppiaceae)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (Florida; 15, 17-18, 24.)
Louisiana
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TM; 2, 6-7.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TML; northwestern Florida; seasonal movements; 10-25.)
Mississippi
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TML; 2, 7, 20.)
Salinity Tolerance
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TML; northwestern Florida; ?need fresh water; 23-24.)
Tagging Methods and Recognition
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TML; Florida; scars, radiotags; 4-5, 13-14.)
Texas
  x 1984 Powell & Rathbun (TM; 2, 6, 18.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x * 1984 Powell & Rathbun (northern Gulf of Mexico; 1-28.)

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