Seeing in the dark: A review of the use of side-scan sonar to detect and study manatees, with an emphasis on Latin America

D Gonzalez-Socoloske… - Latin American Journal of …, 2023 - lajamjournal.org
Manatees are aquatic mammals that live in a variety of environments. Many of those shallow
water environments have murky water, making detection using traditional visual surveys …

Coastal blue holes in a large and shallow tropical estuary: geomorphometry and temporal variability of the physicochemical properties

LM Flórez-Franco, JC Alcérreca-Huerta… - Estuaries and …, 2024 - Springer
Blue holes are part of complex water systems formed by tropical wetlands, karst aquifers,
and different coastal environments. In the southeastern Yucatán Peninsula, three …

Long-term spatiotemporal distribution, abundance, and priority areas for manatees and calves (Trichechus manatus Sirenia: Trichechidae) in Guatemala

E Quintana-Rizzo, O Machuca-Coronado… - Revista de Biología …, 2023 - revistas.ucr.ac.cr
Abstract Introduction: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is an
endangered species found throughout the Caribbean, and the coastal waters of Central and …

The existence value of the Antillean manatee in the unprotected Hondo River (Mexico) as a fundamental component for its conservation

MF Corona-Figueroa, JNR Ramírez… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hondo River is the natural border between Mexico and Belize, and it is part of
the distribution area of the Endangered Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus …

Contributions of bioacoustics to the scientific knowledge of marine mammals in Latin America

M Chávez-Andrade, H de la Cueva… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - lajamjournal.org
We review and document scientific publications on marine mammal bioacoustics in Latin
America between 1971 and 2021, showing eraly scarcity and an increase through time …

[HTML][HTML] Small-scale energy potential from salinity gradients at a transboundary riverine estuary in the Yucatán Peninsula

JC Alcérreca-Huerta, ME Callejas-Jiménez… - Cleaner Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study estimates the environmental and technical energy potential of the thermohaline
conditions in the Mexico–Belize riverine estuary. Site-specific conditions were considered …

Updates on putative bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) occurrences in the upper Mississippi River Basin of North America

R Shell, N Gardner, RA Hrabik - Marine and Fishery Sciences …, 2023 - ojs.inidep.edu.ar
A previous paper in this journal by Shell and Gardner assessed various factors around the
exploration of the Mississippi River by bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas Müller and Henle …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating environmental factors influencing the movement of four soft-release Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Shipstern Lagoon, Belize

AL Wistos - 2022 - scholarship.miami.edu
1.1-Phylogeny and Distribution The order Sirenia is split into two families: Dugongidae and
Trichechidae. Dugongs (Dugong dugon) and the, now extinct, Steller's sea cow …

[PDF][PDF] Cleaner Engineering and Technology

JC Alcérreca-Huerta, ME Callejas-Jiménez, L Carrillo - researchgate.net
This study estimates the environmental and technical energy potential of the thermohaline
conditions in the Mexico–Belize riverine estuary. Site-specific conditions were considered …