2008
DOI: 10.1177/194008290800100403
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Distribution and Conservation of the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus Manatus) in the Catazajá Wetlands of Northeast Chiapas, México

Abstract: Tropical coastal wetlands have a rich biodiversity, a restricted geographic distribution and are a prime habitat for manatees in the regions where they occur in the Neotropics. Human pressures affect the persistence of tropical wetland ecosystems and hence of manatees. In the continental Neotropics, the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is represented in Mexico by the subspecies T. m. manatus. Lack of information regarding the current distribution of manatees in Mexico hampers conservation approaches of… Show more

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“…The wet season rise in water level enhances manatee dispersal to inland rivers where they have access to riparian crops. Generally, African manatees expand their home range to seasonally flooded areas for new feeding opportunities (Akoi, ; Mayaka et al, ; Powell, ; Rodas‐Trejo et al, ). Therefore, land clearing on river banks for farming purposes is a food source for manatees but, owing to conflict with humans, can have adverse impacts on their conservation (Dodman et al, ; Jimenez, ; Powell, ).…”
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“…The wet season rise in water level enhances manatee dispersal to inland rivers where they have access to riparian crops. Generally, African manatees expand their home range to seasonally flooded areas for new feeding opportunities (Akoi, ; Mayaka et al, ; Powell, ; Rodas‐Trejo et al, ). Therefore, land clearing on river banks for farming purposes is a food source for manatees but, owing to conflict with humans, can have adverse impacts on their conservation (Dodman et al, ; Jimenez, ; Powell, ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…African manatees are difficult to study as they are not only elusive (exacerbated by hunting pressure) but generally prefer murky and remote waterways (Marsh et al, 2012;Reynolds & Odell, 1991) (Figure 1). These challenges are further compounded by the dearth of resources in the least developed countries, with frequent recourse to the traditional ecological knowledge of fishers and short-term studies (Grigione, 1996;Mayaka, Awah, & Ajonina, 2013;Mayaka, Takoukam, & Self-Sullivan, 2015; Moore et al, 2010;Mouyakan, 2015;Nishiwaki, Yamaguchi, Shokita, Uchida, & Kataoka, 1982;Powell, 1996;Rodas-Trejo, Romero-Berny, & Estrada, 2008;Silva & Araújo, 2001).…”
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“…Like any counting estimate, it depends on detectability, but we found the large, slow‐moving animals easily visible in the sonar image. By calculating density only in the 80‐m‐wide core of the line‐transects, we corrected for reduced detectability beyond 40 m. Still, we have not made independent counts to assess detection rate, so we cannot be precise about how many were missed within 40 m. Prior work compared sonar detections of manatees with visual observations (Rodas‐Trejo et al , Brice , Castelblanco‐Martínez et al ), and Gonzalez‐Socoloske and Olivera‐Gómez () found that sonar identified >80% of animals that were seen. None of those observations, however, led to abundance estimates.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Sin embargo es importante tratar que los pobladores locales también reconozcan el valor de esta especie, la reconozcan como un emblema y asocien su conservación a la conservación de los humedales y consecuentemente a la preservación de su forma de vida (RODAS-TREJO et al, 2008), ya que ningún esfuerzo de conservación puede tener éxito si no involucra a las poblaciones locales que son las que de primera mano toman muchas de las decisiones de manejo ( VAN DYCK, 2008) El problema que enfrentan las especies en riesgo como el manatí se deriva en gran medida del problema de actitud social hacia el valor ecológico de las mismas, por lo que es necesario que mediante la implementación de proyectos y acciones se amplíe el conocimiento y se genere una conciencia ambiental de reflexión hacia su importancia y respeto.…”
Section: El Valor Ecológico De Los Mana-tíes Como Especie Sombrillaunclassified
“…Las condiciones biológicas del manatí, al ser una especies de gran tamaño (3,5 m y hasta 1000 kg de peso), y ciclo largo de vida (generaciones de 40 años) e incluso su tolerancia a ciertos niveles de perturbación humana, así como la facilidad de poder utilizarla como una especies carismática o bandera en esfuerzo de conservación (RODAS-TREJO et al, 2008) la postulan como un buen candidato de especie sombrilla.…”
Section: El Valor Ecológico De Los Mana-tíes Como Especie Sombrillaunclassified