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x O'Shea, Thomas J.; Beck, Cathy A.; Bonde, Robert K.; Kochman, Howard I.; Odell, Daniel Keith
  1985
An analysis of manatee mortality patterns in Florida, 1976-81.
Jour. Wildl. Manage. 49(1): 1-11. 5 tabs. 1 fig.
–Summarizes and statistically analyzes the causes of death of 406 manatees, with regard to season, location, size, and other variables. Winter mortality is considered to be largely attributable to hypothermia and cachexia in newly independent and inexperienced subadults who fail to find warm-water refugia. Sources of human-related mortality and possible means of mitigating them are discussed, and the importance of habitat protection to long-term manatee survival is stressed.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TM; Florida; 1976-81; 1-11.)
Aerial Surveys of Distribution
x  1985Kochman et al. (TM; Crystal R., Florida; 921-924.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
x  1985Kochman et al. (TM; Crystal R., Florida; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.)
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1985O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TM; Florida; escaping from nets; 337.)
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
x  1985O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; blood chemistry; no evidence of capture myopathy; 339-345.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1985Beckjord, J.-E. (DD; Papua New Guinea; kept alive in a hut for a week before slaughter; 154-155.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
xv 1985Beckjord, J.-E. (Papua New Guinea; "ri" a dugong; 154-155.)
Florida
x  1985Kochman et al. (TML; Crystal R.; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.)
x  1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; mortality, 1976-81; 1-11.)
x  1985O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; capture & handling; 337-339.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1985Beckjord, J.-E. (DD; Papua New Guinea; nets; m155.)
x *1985O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; Florida; no evidence of capture myopathy; 335-349.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1985Kochman et al. (TML; Crystal R., Florida; seasonal movements; 921-924.)
Mississippi
x  1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; 5.)
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
x *1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; Florida; mortality, 1976-81; 1-11.)
Papua New Guinea
(SEE ALSO: Ri)
x  1985Beckjord, J.-E. (New Ireland; "ri" a dugong; 154-155.)
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
x  1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; Florida; cachexia, etc.; 4-6.)
x  1985O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; no evidence of capture myopathy; 335-349.)
Ri (marine animal of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea)
x  1985Beckjord, J.-E. (probably a dugong; 154-155.)
Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
x  1985Kochman et al. (TML; Crystal R., Florida; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.)
x *1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; Florida; winter mortality due to hypothermia; 3-7.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1985Kochman et al. (Crystal R., Florida; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.)
x  1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (Florida; mortality, 1976-81; 1-11.)
x  1985O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (Florida; no evidence for capture myopathy; 335-349.)
Virginia
x  1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; 5.)