| Abstract: | Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Florida utilize intake and effluent canals of power plants as resting and thermoregulatory habitat. We report the use of a power plant canal in Cuba by a known Florida manatee, the first documented case of movement by a manatee between Florida and Cuba. In January, February, and April 2007, two manatees (mother and calf) were reported entering a power plant canal in north Havana, Cuba. The larger manatee had several distinctive scars which were photographed. Digital images were matched to a previously known Florida manatee (CR131) with a sighting history dating from December 1979 to July 2006. Exchanges of individuals between Florida and Cuba may have important genetic implications, particularly since there appears to be little genetic exchange between the Florida manatee subspecies with populations of the Antillean manatee subspecies (T. m. manatus) in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 70003573 |
| Citation Author: | Alvarez-Aleman, Anmari ; Beck, Cathy A.; Powell, James A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Southeast Ecological Science Center |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | 153 |
| Citation Issue: | 2 |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Aquatic Mammals |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | 6 p. |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM), Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA), International Marine Animal Trainers? Association (IMATA) |
| Citation Series: | |
| Citation Series Code: | |
| Citation Series Number: | |
| Citation Search Results Text: | First report of a Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Cuba; 2010; Article; Journal; Aquatic Mammals; Alvarez-Aleman, Anmari ; Beck, Cathy A.; Powell, James A. |
| Citation Start Page: | 148 |
| Citation Volume: | 36 |
| Citation Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | First report of a Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Cuba; 2010; Article; Journal; Aquatic Mammals; Alvarez-Aleman, Anmari ; Beck, Cathy A.; Powell, James A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=486:first-report-of-a-florida-manatee-trichechus-manatus-latirostris-in-cuba&catid=7:volume-36-issue-2&Itemid=90 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM), Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA), International Marine Animal Trainers? Association (IMATA) |
