Manatee Links: Manatees and Dugongs

General Manatee Information:

• The Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia
  by Dr. Daryl P. Domning
  
  
• The Brain of the Florida Manatee
  
  
• Florida Fish and Wildlife
  Conservation Commission
  
  
• Manatee Mortality Statistics
  from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
  
  
• Sirenians & Sirens: Sea Cows and Mermaids
  A short booklet in pdf form from the Calvert Marine Museum. Contains information on both manatees and dugongs
  
  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  A search for "manatees" at the main page yields current information. You can also go to their Endangered Species site (see next link).
  
  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Site
  Do a species search for "manatees" and obtain a wildlife fact sheet for manatees.
  
  
  
• Manatee Research and Tracking:
  
  Dauphin Island Sea Lab
  Dauphin Island, Alabama
  
  Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWC)
  St. Petersburg, FL
  See Photo-Identification Program, Population Monitoring and Aerial Surveys, and Radiotelemetry and Tracking
  
  U.S. Geological Survey, Sirenia Project
  Gainesville, FL
  
  Wildtracks.org
  Satellite tracking manatees
  
  
• Manatees in South Carolina
  South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  
  
• SireNews
  The Society For Marine Mammalogy
  IUCN/SSC Sirenia Specialist Group
  
  
  

Dugongs:

• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Dugong Site
  
  
• Sirenians & Sirens: Sea Cows and Mermaids
  A short booklet in pdf form from the Calvert Marine Museum. Contains information on both manatees and dugongs
  
  

Endangered Species:

• The Endangered Species Act of 1973
  
  
• Florida Manatee Recovery Plan
  Third Revision
  
  
• IUCN Red List of Endangered Species:
  Amazonian manatee
  Dugong
  West African manatee
  West Indian manatee
  
  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Site
  Do a species search for "manatees" and obtain a wildlife fact sheet for manatees.
  
  

Habitat:

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP):
  Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas
  Everglades Restoration
  Springs
  Wetlands
  
  
• DEP's Florida Water Management Districts
  
  

Hydrologic Information:

• NASA's Earth Observatory: The Water Cycle
  
  
• Round and Round It Goes: The Water Cycle
  Environmental Education for Kids from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  
  
• The Water Cycle
  An interactive feature from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  

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