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 Reeves, Randall R.; Tuboku-Metzger, Daphne; Kapindi, Richard A. (detail)
   
1988
Distribution and exploitation of manatees in Sierra Leone.
Oryx 22(2): 75-84. 1 tab. 7 figs. Apr. 1988.
–Briefly describes the distribution of manatees (based on interviews) and of manatee traps and nets along rivers. Describes in detail hunting methods using traps, nets, and harpoons; carcass utilization; fragmentary catch statistics; and conflicts with fishing and rice farming. Discusses conservation prospects for manatees in Sierra Leone.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; nets; 83.)
Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
  x * 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; 75-84.)
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; 82-84.)
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; meat, bone; 80-82.)
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 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; fish, rice, grass, mangroves; 81.)
Food Plants: Mangroves
(SEE ALSO: Avicennia, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, Rhizophora)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (Sierra Leone; 81.)
Food Plants: Pennisetum purpureum
(Gramineae)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (Sierra Leone; 81.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x * 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; traps, nets, harpoons, 76-84; catch statistics, 80-81.)
Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Nigeria; skin; m80.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; seasonal movements; 78.)
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  x 1988 Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; hunting beliefs; m78.)
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
  x * 1988 Reeves et al. (Sierra Leone; distr. & hunting; 75-84.)

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