Wright, Scott D.: SEE ALSO Ackerman et al., 1995; Bossart et al., 1998; Bradley et al., 1993; Duignan et al., 1995; Sweat et al., 2001; Wright, Irene E., et al., 1998.
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The Florida manatee: cytochrome b DNA sequence.
Mar. Mamm. Sci.
9(2): 197-202. 1 fig. Apr. 14, 1993.
–DNA from three individuals, representing both Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida, showed no within-sample variation. Two amino acid loci, otherwise invariant among more than 20 mammal species, are altered identically in the manatee and the African elephant.
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Ackerman, Bruce B.; Wright, Scott D.; Bonde, Robert K.; Odell, Daniel Keith; Banowetz, Donna J.
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Trends and patterns in mortality of manatees in Florida, 1974-1992. In: T. J. O'Shea, B. B. Ackerman, & H. F. Percival (eds.), Population biology of the Florida manatee (q.v.).
Information & Technology Rept.
(U.S. Dept. Interior, Natl. Biological Service) (vi + 289)
1: 223-258. 23 tabs. 10 figs. Aug. 1995.
–Abstr. in O'Shea et al. (1992: 22). Statistical analysis of data from over 2,000 recovered carcasses shows a 5.9%/yr. increase in number of carcasses, 9.3%/yr. increase in deaths from watercraft collisions, 11.9%/yr. increase in perinatal deaths, and no significant change in other human-related causes of death. Geographical and seasonal patterns in mortality are also documented, as are catastrophic die-offs. Threats to manatees and their habitat are expected to increase.
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Duignan, Pádraig J.; House, Carol; Walsh, Michael T.; Campbell, Terry; Bossart, Gregory D.; Duffy, Noel; Fernandes, Peter J.; Rima, Bert K.; Wright, Scott D.; Geraci, Joseph R.
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Morbillivirus infection in manatees.
Mar. Mamm. Sci.
11(4): 441-451. 1 tab. 1 fig. Oct. 26, 1995.
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Analysis of watercraft-related mortality of manatees in Florida, 1979-1991. In: T. J. O'Shea, B. B. Ackerman, & H. F. Percival (eds.), Population biology of the Florida manatee (q.v.).
Information & Technology Rept.
(U.S. Dept. Interior, Natl. Biological Service) (vi + 289)
1: 259-268. 2 tabs. 8 figs. Aug. 1995.
–Abstr. in O'Shea et al. (1992: 23).
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Bossart, Gregory D.; Baden, Daniel G.; Ewing, Ruth Y.; Roberts, Brenda; Wright, Scott D.
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Brevetoxicosis in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) from the 1996 epizootic: gross, histologic, and immunohistochemical features.
Toxicologic Pathology
26(2): 276-282. 2 figs. Mar.-Apr. 1998.
–Concludes that brevetoxicosis from exposure to red tide "was a component of and likely played a central role in the 1996 manatee epizootic." Such deaths can result from neurointoxication and/or hemopathy caused by chronic ingestion and/or inhalation of red tide toxins. Unlike the 1982 epizootic, ingestion of ascidians was not a prominent finding in the 1996 necropsies, wherein upper respiratory tract lesions were "the only severe and consistent inflammatory lesions seen".
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Wright, Irene Elizabeth; Wright, Scott D.; Sweat, James M.
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Use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags to identify manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Mar. Mamm. Sci.
14(3): 641-645. "July 1998" (mailed June 16, 1998).
–Describes the development of methods and early results of use of PIT tags, concluding that they effectively complement other methods of identifying animals that are in hand (captive or dead).
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