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Natural history notes: Plethodon jordani (Jordan's Salamander). Vocalization
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K. G. Smith, William J. Barichivich
Manatee and seagrass habitat characterization in Puerto Rico
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James P. Reid, Dean E. Easton, W. Judson Kenworthy
Florida manatees: Perspectives on populations, pain, and protection
This overview has three related objectives. First, it provides simple documentation, descriptive summaries, and anecdotal accounts that demonstrate the extent to which maiming, and likely pain and suffering, occur in wild manatees as a result of strikes by boats. The chapter calls attention to the issues wounding raises for policy makers and managers involved with implementing boat speed zones, pa
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Thomas J. O'Shea, Lynn W. Lefebvre, Cathy A. Beck
Tagging and tracking
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Mark N. Landers, A. Westgate, Robert K. Bonde, M.J. Murray
Manatees in the Gulf of Mexico
The endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) inhabits rivers and estuaries along both coasts of Florida and, to a lesser extent, adjacent states (Figure 1). Since 1990, documented sightings of manatees outside of Florida have been increasing. This increase in sightings probably represents northward shifts in manatee distribution made possible by man-made sources of warm water (i
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Robert K. Bonde, Lynn W. Lefebvre
Linkages between the snail kite population and wetland dynamics in a highly fragmented South Florida landscape: Chapter 6
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Wiley M. Kitchens, Robert E. Bennetts, Donald L. DeAngelis
Natural history notes: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi (Blue-ridge Spring Salamander). Arboreality
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William J. Barichivich, Kimberly G. Smith, J. L. Waldron
The great alligator-caiman debate: Meditations on crocodilian life-history strategies
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C.L. Abercrombie, Kenneth G. Rice, C. A. Hope
Association of Syscenus infelix (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) with benthopelagic rattail fishes, Nezumia spp. (Macrouridae), along the western North Atlantic continental slope
During submersible surveys along the continental slope (summers of 1991 and 1992, 184-847 m) between False Cape, Virginia, and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, we observed the aegid isopod, Syscenus infelix Harger, attached to the macrourid Nezumia bairdii (Goode and Bean). This is the first report of S. infelix attached to fishes in the western North Atlantic. The association of this blind iso
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Steve W. Ross, K. J. Sulak, T.A. Munroe
The effect of community composition on persistence of prey with their predators in an assemblage of pond-breeding amphibians
We examined whether the species composition of a community influences the persistence of larval Ambystoma maculatum in assemblages composed of two larger intraguild predators (A. opacum and A. jeffersonianum) and an alternative prey species (tadpoles of Rana sylvatica). We predicted a priori that A. maculatum would have higher survival in more diverse communities containing alternative species of
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S.C. Walls, M.C. Williams
Root proliferation in decaying roots and old root channels: A nutrient conservation mechanism in oligotrophic mangrove forests?
1. In oligotrophic habitats, proliferation of roots in nutrient-rich microsites may contribute to overall nutrient conservation by plants. Peat-based soils on mangrove islands in Belize are characterized by the presence of decaying roots and numerous old root channels (0.1-3.5 cm diameter) that become filled with living and highly branched roots of Rhizophora mangle and Avicennia germinans. The ob
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K.L. McKee