Increasing mortality of Endangered Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus due to watercraft collisions in Belize

Belize maintains the largest proportion of the Endangered Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus population in its range, but tourism and boat traffic have increased substantially over the past 3 decades. We utilized 25 yr of Belize Antillean manatee stranding data (1995-2019), 6 aerial survey...

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Main Authors: CG Galves, NA Gomez, J Galves, KM Zilliacus, DA Croll, AM Kilpatrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2023-06-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v51/p103-113/