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Trichechus Manatee Essay

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The conservation and protection of manatees, Trichechus manatus, has been a growing concern for a number of years. With the increase in annual manatee deaths from urbanization, habitat loss, boating accidents, and entanglement with fishing gear, it is important that rehabilitated manatees thrive upon release back into the wild. Antillean manatees, Trichechus manatus manatus, are an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee, with their largest population in Belize. The proposed study seeks to analyze factors related to manatee movement patterns: benthic vegetation (primarily seagrasses), freshwater sites, salinity, water temperature, and water depth to determine which, if any, is strongly correlated with site visitation frequency. Introduction The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) that is found in southern Central America and the Caribbean (Olivera-Gómez & Mellink, 2004, González-Socoloske et al., 2011). According to recent …show more content…

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