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Subsection
FWRI-PUBLISHED
2011
Ward-Geiger, L., A. Knowlton, A. Amos, T. Pitchford, B.
Mase-Guthrie, and B. Zoodsma. 2011. Recent sightings of the North
Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science
29(1), pp. 74-78.
Barlas, M. E., C. J. Deutsch, M. de Wit, and L. I. Ward-Geiger
(editors). 2011. Florida manatee cold-related unusual mortality
event, January-April 2010. Final report to USFWS (grant
40181AG037). Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St.
Petersburg, Florida. 138 pp.
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2010 Manatee Cold-related UME Final Report (PDF 11 MB)
Martin, Julien, Jeffrey A Royle, Darryl I Mackenzie, Holly H
Edwards, Mark Kéry, and Beth Gardner. 2011. Accounting for
non-independent detection when estimating abundance of organisms
with a Bayesian approach. Methods in Ecology and
Evolution.
Reynolds, J. E., I. Morales-Vela, I. Lawler and H. H.
Edwards. In press. Utility and Design of Aerial Surveys
for Sirenians. Hines, E., J.E. Reynolds, III, A. A.
Mignucci-Giannoni, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.).
Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing
Countries. University of Florida Press, Gainesville.
2010
Deutsch, C. J. and J. E. Reynolds III. In press. Florida manatee
status and conservation issues: a primer. In: Sirenian
Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. Edited
by E. Hines, J. E. Reynolds III, L. V. Aragones, A. A.
Mignucci-Giannoni, and M. Marmontel. University of Florida Press,
Gainesville.
Tripp, K. M., J. P. Verstegen, C. J. Deutsch, R. K. Bonde, M. de
Wit, C. A. Manire, J. Gaspard, and K. E. Harr. 2010. Evaluation of
adrenocortical function in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus
latirostris). Zoo Biology 29: 1-15.
2009
Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Holly H. Edwards, and John E.
Reynolds III. 2009. A hierarchical covariate model for detection,
availability and abundance of Florida manatees at a warm water
aggregation site. Pp. 563-578 in: D.L. Thomson et al. (eds.),
Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, Environmental
and Ecological Statistics 3, DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-78151-8 24.
John W. Harvey, Kendal E. Harr, David Murphy, Michael T. Walsh,
Elizabeth C. Nolan, Robert K. Bonde, Melanie G. Pate, Charles J.
Deutsch, Holly H. Edwards, and William L. Clapp. 2009. Hematology
of healthy Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus).
Veterinary Clinical Pathology, v.38 no.2, p.183-193.
2008
Fonnesbeck, C.J., L.P. Garrison, L.I. Ward-Geiger, R.D.
Baumstark. 2008. Bayesian hierarchical model for evaluating the
risk of vessel strikes on North Atlantic right whales in the SE
United States. Endangered Species Research, ESR 6:87-94 (2008).
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Keller, Martha, José L. Moliner, Grettys Vásquez, Danilo Cruz,
Orestes Bello, Alex M. Costidis, Sentiel A. Rommel, aron B.
Calderwood Mays, and Scott Gearhart. Nephrolithiasis and
Pyelonephritis in Two West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus
spp.) Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(3), 2008, pp. 707-711 #
Wildlife Disease Association 2008.
2007
C. S. Calleson and R. K. Frohlich. 2007. Slower boat speeds
reduce risks to manatees. Endangered Species Research
3:295-304.
Deutsch, C. J., C. Self-Sullivan, and A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni.
2007. Trichechus
manatus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 Red List of Threatened Species.
<www.iucnredlist.org>.
Holly H. Edwards, Kenneth H. Pollock, Bruce B. Ackerman, John E.
Reynolds, III, and James A. Powell. 2007. Estimation of detection
probability in manatee aerial surveys at a winter aggregation site.
The Journal of Wildlife Management, v.71 no.6, p.2502-2060.
Harvey, J.W., K.E. Harr, D. Murphy, M.T. Walsh, E.J. Chittick,
R.K. Bonde, M.G. Pate, C.J. Deutsch, H.H. Edwards and E.M. Haubold.
2007. Clinical biochemistry in healthy manatees (Trichechus
manatus latirostris). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine,
38(2):269-279.
Michael G. Sorice, Richard O. Flamm, Sara McDonald. 2007.
Factors influencing behavior in a boating speed zone. Coastal
Management, v.35, p.357-374.
Sentiel A. Rommel, Alexander M. Costidis, Thomas D. Pitchford,
Jessica D. Lightsey, Richard H. Snyder, and Elsa M. Haubold. 2007.
Forensic methods for characterizing watercraft from
watercraft-induced wounds on the Florida manatee (Trichechus
manatus latirostris). Marine Mammal Science, v.23 no.1,
p.110-132.
Jessica Siegal-Willott, D.V.M., Amara Estrada, D.V.M., Dipl.
A.C.V.I.M. (Cardiology), Robert Bonde, B.A., Arthur Wong, B.S.,
Daniel J. Estrada, M.B.A., M.H.A, and Kendal Harr, D.V.M., M.S.,
Dipl. A.C.V.P. 2007. Electrocardiography in two subspecies of
Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and T. M.
manatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 37(4):
447-453.
2006
Deutsch, C. J., H. H. Edwards, and M. E. Barlas.
2006. Florida manatee foraging behavior around a winter
warm-water refuge. Final Report to the Wildlife Foundation of
Florida. Grant No. CWT0405-12.
Harr, K.E., J.W. Harvey, R.K. Bonde, D. Murphy, M. Lowe, M.
Menchaca, E.M. Haubold, R. Francis-Floyd. 2006. Comparison of
methods used to diagnose generalized inflammatory disease in
manatees. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
37(2):151-159.
Haubold, E. M., C. J. Deutsch, and C. Fonnesbeck. 2006. Final
Biological Status Review of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus
manatus latirostris). Final report. Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida. 133 pp.
Jessica D. Lightsey, Sentiel A. Rommel, Alexander
M. Costidis, Thomas D. Pitchford. 2006. Methods used
during gross necropsy to determine watercraft-related mortality in
the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine v.37 no.3, p.262-275.
Keller, C., L. I. Ward-Geiger, W.B. Brooks, C.K. Slay, C.R.
Taylor, B. Zoodsma. 2006. North Atlantic right whale
distribution in relation to sea surface temperature in the
southeastern United States calving grounds. Marine Mammal
Science 22(2): 426-445 (April 2006).
Rommel, S.A., and A.M. Costidis, Manatee necropsy procedure. The
husbandry and veterinary care of captive Florida manatees
(Trichechus manatus latirostris). U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Atlanta, Georgia. In Press.
Rommel, S.A. Manatee Anatomy. The husbandry and veterinary care
of captive Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus
latirostris). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta,
Georgia. In Press.
Final Biological Status
Review of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus
latirostris) (PDF file-3.28MB)
2005
Flamm R.O., B.L. Weigle, I.E. Wright, M. Ross, and S.
Aglietti. 2005. Estimation of manatee (Trichechus manatus
latirostris) places and movement corridors, an application of
satellite telemetry data. Ecological Applications 15:1415-1426.
Flewelling, L.J., Naar, J.P, Abbott, J., Baden, D, Barros, N.,
Bossart, G.D., Bottein, M.D., Hammond, D.G, Haubold, E.M.,
Heil,C.A., Henry, M.S., Jacocks, H.M., Leighfield, T.A., Pierce,
R.H., Pitchford, T.D., Rommel, S.A., Scott, P.S., Steidinger, K.A.,
Truby, E.W., Van Dolah, F.M., and Landsberg, J.H. 2005.
Unexpected vectors of brevetoxins during marine mammal mortalities.
Nature 435:755-756.
Ward-Geiger, L.I. G.K. Silber, R.D. Baumstark, and T.L. Pulfer.
2005. Characterization of Ship Traffic in Right Whale Critical
Habitat. Coastal Management 33:263-278.
2004
Bossart, G.D., R.A. Meisner, S.A. Rommel, J.D. Lightsey, R.A.
Varela, and R.H. Defran. 2004. Pathologic findings in Florida
manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Aquatic Mammals
30(3): 434-440.
Langtimm, C.A., C.A. Beck, H.H. Edwards, K.J. Fick-Child, B.B.
Ackerman, S.L. Barton, and W.C. Hartley. 2004. Survival estimates
for Florida manatees from the photo-identification of individuals.
Marine Mammal Science 20(3): 438-463.
Nowacek, S.M., R.S. Wells, E.C.G. Owen, T.R. Speakman, R.O.
Flamm, and D.P. Nowacek. 2004. Florida manatees (Trichechus
manatus latirostris) respond to approaching vessels.
Biological Conservation 119: 517-523.
Reynolds, J.E., III, S.A. Rommel, and M.E. Pitchford. 2004.
Likelihood of sperm competition in manatees explaining an
apparent paradox. Marine Mammal Science 20 (3): 464-476.
2003
Aipanjiguly, Sampreethi, Susan K. Jacobson, and Richard Flamm.
2003. Conserving manatees: knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of
boaters in Tampa Bay, Florida. Conservation Biology
17:1098-1105.
Bossart, Gregory D., Rene A. Meisner, S.A. Rommel, Shin-je Ghim,
and A. Bennett Jenson. 2003.Pathological features of the Florida
manatee cold stress syndrome. Aquatic Mammals 29.1:9-17.
Deutsch, C.J., J.P. Reid, R.K. Bonde, D.E. Easton, H.I. Kochman,
and T.J. O'Shea. 2003. Seasonal movements, migratory behavior, and
site fidelity of West Indian manatees along the Atlantic Coast of
the United States. Wildlife Monographs 151: 1-77.
Deutsch, C. J., H. H. Edwards, and A. J. Smith. 2003.
Argos-linked GPS tags as a new tool to investigate manatee
behavior: preliminary results on winter use of a warm-water refuge.
6 pp. in Proceedings of the Argos Animal Tracking
Symposium. March 24-26, 2003. Annapolis, Maryland.
Unnumbered.
Keith, Allan R. and Lucy W. Keith. 2003. More Pelagic bird
sightings off Dominica. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology
16.1:26-30.
Rommel, S.A., and H. Caplan. 2003. Vascular adaptations for heat
conservation in the tail of Florida manatees, (Trichechus
manatus latirostris). Journal of Anatomy 202: 343-353.
Rommel, S.A, J.E. Reynolds III, and H.A. Lynch. 2003.
Adaptations of the herbivorous marine mammals. Pages 287-306
in: L.'t Mannetje, L. Ramerez-Aviles, C. Sandoval-Castro, and J.C.
Ku-Vera. (eds.), Recent developments in the nutrition of
herbivores. Proceedings of the VIth International Symposium
on the Nutrition of Herbivores, 19-24 October 2003, Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico.
Rommel, S.A. and Heather Caplan. 2003. Vascular adaptations for
heat conservation in the tail of Florida manatees (Trichechus
manatus latirostris). Journal of Anatomy. 202: 343-353.
2002
Clark, L., Cowan, D.F., Worthy, G.A.J., Haubold, E.M.(2002)
Anatomical and pathological examination of the first recorded
stranding of a fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in
the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science
20(1):38-43.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2002. Final
Biological Status Review of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus
manatus latirostris). Final report. Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research
Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 148 pp.
Haubold, Elsa M., McGinnis, Michael R., Cooper, Chester R., Jr.,
Cowan, Daniel F. (2002) Molecular identification of the infective
agent of Lobo's disease of dolphins in Molecular and Cell Biology
of Marine Mammals, Carl Pfeiffer, editor, Krieger Publishers.
Kipps, E.K., W.A. McLellan, S.A. Rommel, and D.A. Pabst. 2002.
Skin density and its influence on buoyancy in the manatee
(Trichechus manatus latirostris), harbor porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena), and bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops
truncatus). Marine Mammal Science 18: 765-778.
McLellan, W.A., H.N. Koopman, S.A. Rommel, A.J. Read, C.W.
Potter, J.R. Nicholas, A.J. Westgate, and D.A. Pabst.2002.
Ontogenetic allometry and body composition of harbour porpoises
(Phocoena phocoena) from the western North Atlantic.
Journal of Zoology. 257:457-471.
Reynolds, J.E., III and J.A. Powell, Jr. 2002. The
manatees--Family Trichechidae (Trichechus manatus, T.
senegalensis, and T. inunguis) In: W.F. Perrin, B.
Wursig, and H. Thewissen, editors. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals,
Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Reynolds, J.E., III, S.A. Rommel, and M.E. Bolen. 2002.
Post-cranial anatomy: orientation and organization of the soft
tissues. In: W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and H. Thewissen, editors.
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Rommel, S., D. Pabst, and W. McLellan. 2002. Skull morphology of
marine mammals. In: W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and H. Thewissen,
editors. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, San Diego,
CA.
Rommel, S.A. and J.E. Reynolds, III. 2002. Postcranial skeletal
morphology of marine mammals. In: W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and H.
Thewissen, editors, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press,
San Diego, CA.
Wright, I. E., J. E. Reynolds, B. B. Ackerman, L. I. Ward, B. L.
Weigle, and W.A. Szelistowski. 2002. Trends in manatee
(Trichechus manatus latirostris) counts and habitat use in
Tampa Bay, 1987-1994: Implications for conservation. Marine Mammal
Science.
2001
Ackerman, B.B. and J.A. Powell. 2001. Can manatee numbers
continue to grow in a fast-developing state? Pages 313-320 in D.S.
Maehr, R.F. Noss, and J.L. Larkin, editors. Large Mammal
Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges in the 21st
Century. Island Press Books, Covelo, CA. [Proceedings, Symposium on
Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological
Considerations. The Wildlife Society annual meeting, Austin, Texas,
Sept. 7-11, 1999.]
Edwards, H. H., and G. D. Schnell. 2001. Observations on body
length, swimming speed, dive duration and coloration of the Tucuxi
(Sotalia fluviatilis) in Nicaragua. Caribbean Journal of
Science
Edwards, H. H., and G. D. Schnell. 2001. Status and ecology of
Sotalia fluviatilis in the Cayos Misktos Reserve
Nicaragua. Marine Mammal Science. 17: 445-472.
Flamm, R.O., L.I. Ward, and B.L. Weigle. 2001. Applying a
variable-shaped spatial filter to map relative abundance of
manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Landscape
Ecology 16:279-288.
Haase, P. and K. Schneider. 2001. Birth demographics of
bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in Doubtful Sound,
Fiordland, New Zealand-preliminary findings. New Zealand Journal of
Marine and Freshwater Research 35:675-680.
Reid, J. P, S. M. Butler, D. E. Easton, and C. J. Deutsch. 2001.
Fifteen years of success in tracking manatees with the Argos
system: an overview of programs and techniques. 9 pp. in
Proceedings of the Argos International Users' Conference, April
23-25, 2001. Annapolis, Maryland. Unnumbered.
Rommel, S.A. and L. Lowenstine. 2001. Gross and Microscopic
Anatomy. Pages 129-163 in L. Dierauf, and J.D. Gulland, editors.
2001. CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, Second Edition. CRC
Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Rommel, S. A., D. A. Pabst, and W. A. McLellan. 2001. Functional
morphology of venous structures associated with the male and female
reproductive systems in Flroida manatees (Trichechus manatus
latirostris)
Rommel, S.A. and L. Lowenstein. 2001. Gross and microscopic
anatomy. Pages 129-163 in L. Dierauf and J.D. Gulland, editors. CRC
Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, second edition. CRC Press, Boca
Raton, Florida.
Sidman, C., and R. Flamm. 2001. A survey of methods for
characterizing recreational boating in Charlotte Harbor, FL. Final
Report. Florida Sea Grant Publication. TP-109. 47 pp.
Weigle, B. L., I.E. Wright, M. Ross, and R. Flamm. 2001.
Movements of radio-tagged manatees in Tamap Bay and along Florida's
west coast, 1991-1996. FMRI Technical Reports TR-7. St. Petersburg,
Florida. 156 pp.
Young, N.M. and S. Shapiro. 2001. U.S. Federal Legislation
Governing Marine Mammals. Pages 741-766 in L. Dierauf, and J.D.
Gulland, editors. 2001. CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine,
Second Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
2000
Ackerman, B.B., and J. E. Reynolds III. 2000. Manatee use of
power plant effluents as shown by winter aerial surveys. 6pp. in
USFWS. Florida manatees and warm water: Proceedings of the
Warm-Water Workshop, Jupiter, Florida, August 24-25, 1999. U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Jacksonville, FL. Unnumbered.
Deutsch, C. J. 2000. Winter use of thermal refugia by
radio-tagged manatees along the Atlantic coast. 3 pp. in
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Florida manatees and warm water:
Proceedings of the warm-water workshop, Jupiter, Florida, August
24-25, 1999. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jacksonville, FL.
Unnumbered.
Deutsch, C. J., J. P. Reid, L. W. Lefebvre, D. E. Easton, and B.
J. Zoodsma. 2000. Manatee response to elimination of a thermal
refuge in northeastern Florida: a preliminary report of results. 3
pp. in U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Florida manatees
and warm water: Proceedings of the warm-water workshop, Jupiter,
Florida, August 24-25, 1999. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Jacksonville, FL. Unnumbered.
Fagone, D.M., S.A. Rommel, and M.E. Bolen. 2000. Sexual
dimorphism in vestigial pelvic bones of Florida manatees. Florida
Scientist 63(3):177-181.
Flamm, R.O., E.C.G. Owen, C.F.W. Owen, R.S. Wells, and D.
Nowacek. Aerial videogrammetry from a tethered airship to assess
manatee life-stage structure. Marine Mammal Science
16(3):617-630.
Flamm, R.O. 2000. Conceptual model: framework for research and
management of warm-water/manatee relationship. 4pp. in USFWS.
Florida manatees and warm water: Proceedings of the Warm-Water
Workshop, Jupiter, Florida, August 24-25, 1999. U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Jacksonville, FL. Unnumbered.
FWC. 2000. Annual Report, Save the Manatee Trust Fund, Fiscal
Year 1999-2000. Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Fla. 17 pp. December
2000.
FWC. 2000. Atlas of Marine Resources CD-ROM, Version 1.3. R.O.
Flamm, L.I. Ward, and M.D. White, editors. Florida Marine Research
Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Haubold, E.M., Cooper, C.R., Wen, J. McGinnis, M.R., Cowan, D.F.
(2000) Comparative Morphometrics of Loboa loboi in
dolphins and humans. Medical Mycology 38(1):9-14.
Jacobson, S., S. Aipanjiguly, and R. Flamm. 2000. Survey
research on Florida boaters and manatee management. Final Report
submitted to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
Contract #99106. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 66
pp.
Lefebvre, L.W., J.P. Reid, W.J. Kenworthy, and J.A. Powell.
2000. Characterizing manatee habitat use and seagrass grazing in
Florida and Puerto Ric implications for conservation and
management. Pacific Conservation Biology 5:289-298.
Rommel, S. and J.E. Reynolds, III. 2000. Diaphragm structure and
function in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus
latirostris). Anatomical Record 259(1):41-51. (cover
article)
Worthy, G., T.A. Miculka, and S.D. Wright. 2000. Manatee
response to cold: how cold is too cold? 6 pp. in USFWS. Florida
manatees and warm water: Proceedings of the Warm-Water Workshop,
Jupiter, Florida, August 24-25, 1999. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Jacksonville, FL. Unnumbered.
1999
Ackerman, B.B., T.D. Pitchford, B.L. Weigle, J.E. Reynolds III,
R.S. Wells, and M.A. Baran. 1999. Chapter 11. Marine Mammals. Pages
11-1 to 11-13 in J.R. Pribble, A.J. Janicki, and H. Greening,
editors. Baywide Environmental Monitoring Report, 1993-1998, Tampa
Bay, Florida. Tampa Bay Estuary Program, Technical Publication
07-99. St. Petersburg, Florida.
Pabst, D.A., S.A. Rommel, and W.A. McLellan. 1999. The
functional morphology of marine mammals. Pages 15-72 in J.E.
Reynolds, III, and S. A. Rommel, editors. Biology of Marine
Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 578
pp.
Reynolds, J.E., III, S.A. Rommel and D.K. Odell. 1999. Marine
mammals of the World, Pages 1-14 in J.E. Reynolds, III, and S. A.
Rommel, editors. Biology of Marine Mammals. Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington, D.C. 578 pp.
Reynolds, J.E. III, and S.A. Rommel, editors. 1999. Biology of
Marine Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. ISBN
1560983752: 578 pp.
1998
Bossart, G.D., D.G. Baden, R.Y. Ewing, B. Roberts, and S.D.
Wright. 1998. Brevetoxicosis in manatees (Trichechus manatus
latirostris) from the 1996 epizootic: gross, histologic and
immunohistochemical features. Toxicologic Pathology
26(2):276-282.
Haubold, E.M., Aronson, J.F., Cowan, D.F., McGinnis, M.R.,
Cooper, C.R. (1998). Isolation of fungal rDNA from bottlenose
dolphin skin infected with Loboa loboi. Medical Mycology
36(5):263-267.
Koelsch, J.K., and T.D. Pitchford. 1998. Florida manatees
(Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Charlotte Harbor.
Pages 171-185 in S.F. Treat, editor. Proceedings of the Charlotte
Harbor Public Conference and Technical Symposium, Punta Gorda,
Florida, March 15-16, 1997. Charlotte Harbor National Estuary
Program, Technical Report
98-02. North Ft. Myers, Florida.
Miller, K.E., B.B. Ackerman, L.W. Lefebvre, and K.B. Clifton.
1998. An evaluation of strip-transect aerial survey methods for
monitoring manatee populations in Florida. Wildlife Society
Bulletin. 26(3): 561-570.
Pabst, D.A., S.A. Rommel, and W.A. McLellan. 1998. Evolution of
Thermoregulatory Function in Cetacean Reproductive Systems. Pages
379-397 in H. Thewissen, editor. The Emergence of Whales. Plenum
Press, New York.
Pence, D.B., and S.D. Wright. 1998. Chaelonacarus elongatus n.
gen., n. sp. (Acari; Cloacardae) from the cloaca of the green
turtle (Chelonia midas; Cheloniidae). The Journal of Parasitology
84(4): 835-839.
Rommel, S.A., D.A. Pabst, and W.A. McLellan. 1998. Reproductive
thermoregulation in marine mammals. American Scientist
86(5):440-448.
Rommel, S.A., J.E. Reynolds, III, and R.S. Wells, editors. 1998.
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Atlantic Coastal Dolphin
Conference, 1-3 May 1998, Sarasota, FL,. 120 pp.
Shay, M.E., S.A. Rommel, and J.E. Reynolds III. 1998. Cranial
ossification of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus
latirostris): developing a relative age scale. In: S.A.
Rommel, J.E. Reynolds, III, and R.S. Wells, editors. Proceedings of
the Sixth Annual Atlantic Coastal Dolphin Conference, 1-3 May 1998,
Sarasota, FL,. 120 pp.
Wright, I. E., S. D. Wright, and J. M. Sweat. 1998. Use of
passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags to identify manatees
(Trichechus manatus latirostris). Marine Mammal Science
14(3):239-247.
Deutsch, C.J., R.K. Bonde, and J.P. Reid.1998. Radio-tracking
manatees from land and space: Tag design, implementation, and
lessons learned from long-term study. Marine Technology Society
Journal 21(1): 18-29.
1997
Ward-Geiger, L.I. 1997. Blubber depth and body condition indices
in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris).
M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. 119
pages.
1996
Reynolds, J.E., III, and S.A. Rommel. 1996. Structure and
function of the gastrointestinal tract of the Florida manatee,
Trichechus manatus latirostris. Anatomical Record 245:539-558.
Sweat, J.M. 1996. A characterization of kidney epithelial cells
from the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus. M.S. Thesis,
University of South Florida, Tampa.
Thomas, C.T. 1996. Aerial survey of coastal bottlenose dolphins,
Tursiops truncatus, along the east coast of Florida. M.S. Thesis,
Univ. N. Carolina, Wilmington. 34 pp.
Weigle, B. 1996. Marine mammals. Pages 10:1-8 in A.P. Squires,
A.J. Janicki, and H. Greening, editors. Tampa Bay Environmental
Monitoring Report, 1992-1993. Tech. Publ. 15-96, Tampa Bay National
Estuary Program, St. Petersburg, Fla.
1995
Duignan, P.J., C. House, M.T. Walsh, T. Campbell, G.D. Bossart,
N. Duffy, P.J. Fernandes, B. K. Rima, S. Wright, and J.R. Geraci.
1995. Morbillivirus infection in manatees. Marine Mammal Science.
11(4):441-451.
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