Steel, Cathy


2 publications

Steel, Cathy; Morris, John G. (detail)
1982The West Indian manatee: an acoustic analysis. [Abstr.]
Amer. Zool. 22(4): 925.
—A less detailed abstract appeared in Florida Scientist 45 (Suppl. 1): 40. Summarizes data from recordings of sounds made by wild and captive manatees.
Steel, Cathy (detail)
1983Vocalization patterns and corresponding behavior of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). [Abstr.]
Dissert. Abstrs. Internatl. B. Sci. Engin. 43(10): 3160-3161. Apr. 1983.
—Outlines the general results of recordings in captive and natural environments. Nine categories of adult vocalizations were established; sexual and age differences were observed; and vocalizations in contexts of approach, submergence, play, interactions, and distress were recorded.