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"Morales-Vela, Benjam"

Morales-Vela, Benjamín: SEE ALSO Axis-Arroyo et al., 1998; Garcia-Rodriguez et al., 1998. (detail)
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Olivera-Gómez, León David (detail)
   
1991
Mamíferos acuáticos. In: T. Camarena-Luhrs & S. Salazar-Vallejo (eds.), Estudios ecológicos preliminares de la zona sur de Quintana Roo.
Chetumal (Mexico), Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo: 172-185. Figs. 27-29. Sept. 1991.
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Olivera-Gómez, León David (detail)
   
1992
De sirenas a manatíes.
Chetumal (Mexico), Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo (Cuaderno de Divulgación 4): 1-30. 17 figs. Nov. 1992.
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Olivera-Gómez, León David (detail)
   
1994
Distribución espacial y estimación poblacional de los manatíes en la Bahia de Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México.
Revista de Investigación Científica 2 (Número Especial SOMEMMA 1): 27-34.
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Olivera-Gómez, León David (detail)
   
1997
Distribución del manatí (Trichechus manatus) en la costa norte y centro-norte del Estado de Quintana Roo, México.
An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Ser. Zool. 68(1): 153-164. 1 tab. 3 figs.
–Engl. summ.
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 Axis-Arroyo, Javier; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Torruco-Gómez, Daniel; Vega-Cendejas, María Eugenia (detail)
   
1998
Variables asociadas con el uso de hábitat del manatí del Caribe (Trichechus manatus), en Quintana Roo, México (Mammalia).
Rev. Biol. Trop. 46(3): 791-803. 7 tabs. 2 figs. Sept. 1998.
–Engl. summ. Statistical analysis of meteorological and ecological variables showed that manatee distribution in Chetumal Bay was most influenced by wind intensity and food availability, less so by salinity, water depth, and group structure, and least by cloudiness and air and water temperature.
 
 
 Garcia-Rodriguez, Angela I.; Bowen, B. W.; Domning, Daryl Paul; Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A.; Marmontel, Miriam; Montoya Ospina, Ruby A.; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Rudin, M.; Bonde, Robert K.; McGuire, Peter M. (detail)
   
1998
Phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus): how many populations and how many taxa?
Molecular Ecology 7(9): 1137-1149. 6 tabs. 2 figs. + cover photo. Sept. 1998.
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Olivera-Gómez, León David; Reynolds, John E., III; Rathbun, Galen B. (detail)
   
2000
Distribution and habitat use by manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Belize and Chetumal Bay, Mexico.
Biol. Conserv. 95(1): 67-75. 3 tabs. 3 figs. "Aug. 2000" (publ. July 2000).
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Padilla-Saldívar, Janneth A. (detail)
   
2001
Los manatíes en Quintana Roo. Ecofronteras.
Gaceta ECOSUR 14: 7-9.
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Padilla-Saldívar, Janneth A.; Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A. (detail)
   
2003
Status of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) along the northern and western coasts of the Yucatán Peninsula, México.
Carib. Jour. Sci. 39(1): 42-49. 2 tabs. 1 fig.
 
 
 Vianna, Juliana A.; Bonde, Robert K.; Caballero, Susana; Giraldo, Juan Pablo; Pinto de Lima, Régis; Clark, Annmarie; Marmontel, Miriam; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Souza, Maria José de; Parr, Leslee; Rodríguez-Lopez, Marta A.; Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A.; Powell, James Arthur, Jr.; Santos, Fabrício R. (detail)
   
2006
Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: implications for manatee conservation.
Molec. Ecol. 15: 433-447. 4 tabs. 4 figs.
 
 
 Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Suarez-Morales, E.; Padilla-Saldivar, Janneth A.; Heard, R. W. (detail)
   
2008
The tanaid Hexapleomera robusta (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Caribbean manatee, with comments on other crustacean epibionts.
Jour. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 88(3): 591-596.
 
 
 Tripp, Kathleen M.; Verstegen, John P.; Deutsch, Charles J.; Bonde, Robert K.; Rodriguez, M.; Morales-Vela, Benjamin; Schmitt, D. L.; Harr, Kendal E. (detail)
   
2008
Validation of a serum immunoassay to measure progesterone and diagnose pregnancy in the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus).
Theriogenology 70(7): 1030-1040.
 
 
 Castelblanco-Martínez, Delma Nataly; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Hernández-Arana, H. A.; Padilla-Saldivar, Janneth A. (detail)
   
2009b
Diet of manatees Trichechus manatus manatus in Chetumal Bay, Mexico.
Latin Amer. Jour. Aquatic Mamms. 7(1-2): 39-46.
 
 
 Hénaut, Yann; Becerra-López, Sylvia P.; Machkour-M'Rabet, Salima; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Winterton, Peter; Delfour, Fabienne (detail)
   
2010
Activities and social interactions in captive Antillean manatees in Mexico.
Mammalia 74(2): 141-146.
 
 
 Suárez-Morales, Eduardo; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Padilla-Saldívar, Janneth A.; Silva-Briano, Marcelo (detail)
   
2010
The copepod Balaenophilus manatorum (Ortíz, Lalana and Torres, 1992) (Harpacticoida), an epibiont of the Caribbean manatee.
Jour. Nat. Hist. 44(13-14): 847-859. 6 figs. April 2010.
 
 
 Castelblanco-Martínez, Delma Nataly; Barba, Everardo; Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo; Hernández-Arana, Héctor Abuid; Morales-Vela, Benjamín (detail)
   
2011
The trophic role of the endangered Caribbean manatee Trichechus manatus in an estuary with low abundance of seagrass.
Estuaries and Coasts 1-18. DOI 10.1007/s12237-011-9420-8. Publ. online June 11, 2011.
 
 
 Nourisson, Coralie; Morales-Vela, Benjamín; Padilla-Saldívar, Janneth; Pause Tucker, Kimberly C.; Clark, AnnMarie; Olivera-Gómez, Leon David; Bonde, Robert K.; McGuire, Peter M. (detail)
   
2011
Evidence of two genetic clusters of manatees with low genetic diversity in Mexico and implications for their conservation.
Genetica 139: 833-842. 3 tabs. 3 figs. DOI 10.1007/s10709-011-9583-z.
 
 
 Castelblanco-Martínez, Delma Nataly; Padilla-Sáldivar, Janneth; Hernández-Arana, Héctor Abuid; Slone, D. H.; Reid, James P.; Morales-Vela, Benjamín (detail)
   
2012
Movement patterns of Antillean manatees in Chetumal Bay (Mexico) and coastal Belize: A challenge for regional conservation.
Mar. Mamm. Sci. 29(2): E166-E182. 3 tabs. 5 figs. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00602.x Apr. 2013 (publ. online Sept. 17, 2012).
–ABSTRACT: Information from 15 satellite-tracked Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) was analyzed in order to assess individual movements, home ranges, and high-use areas for conservation decisions. Manatees were captured in Chetumal Bay, Mexico, and tagged with Argos-monitored satellite transmitters. Location of the manatees and physical characteristics were assessed to describe habitat properties. Most manatees traveled to freshwater sources. The Maximum Area Size (MAS) for each manatee was determined using the observation-area method. Additional kernel densities of 95% home range and 50% Center of Activity (COA) were also calculated, with manatees having 1–3 COAs. Manatees exhibited two different movement patterns: remaining in Chetumal Bay, and long-distance (up to 240 km in 89 d). The residence time in Chetumal Bay was higher for females (89.6% of time) than for males (72.0%), but the daily travel rate (0.4–0.5 km/d) was similar for both sexes. Most of the COAs fell within Natural Protected Areas (NPA). However, manatees also travel for long distances into unprotected areas, where they face uncontrolled boat traffic, fishing activities, and habitat loss. Conservation of movement corridors may promote long-distance movements and facilitate genetic exchange.
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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