Science summary in support of manatee protection area (MPA) design in Puerto Rico / prepared for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Caribbean Field Office by: C. Ashton Drew, Louise B. Alexander-Vaughn, Jaime A. Collazo, with results of an indpendently-funded model component, Sheltered Coastal Waters of Puerto Rico contributed by: James P. Reid, Dan H. Slone.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Drew, C. Ashton (Christina Ashton), 1973- author.

Alexander-Vaughn, Louise B., author.

Collazo, Jaime Agustin, author.

Contributor:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issuing body.

Series:

Cooperator science series ; # 101.

Cooperator science series ; # 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West Indian manatee--Conservation--Puerto Rico.

West Indian manatee.

Marine parks and reserves--Puerto Rico.

Marine parks and reserves.

Puerto Rico.

Genre:

Text

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 63 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cooperator Science Series was initiated in 2013. Its purpose is to facilitate the archiving and retrieval of research project reports resulting primarily from investigations supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), particularly the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The online format was selected to provide immediate access to science reports for FWS, state and tribal management agencies, the conservation community, and the public at large.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Summary in Support of Manatee Protection Area (MPA) Design in Puerto Rico C. Ashton Drew1 Louise B. Alexander-Vaughn1 Jaime A. Collazo2 1North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit North Carolina State University, Department of Biology Raleigh, NC 27695 2U.S. Geological Survey North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit North Carolina State University, Department of Biology Raleigh, NC 27695 Cooperator Science Series # 101 COOPERATOR SCIENCE SERIES ii About the Cooperator Science Series: The Cooperator Science Series was initiated in 2013. Its purpose is to facilitate the archiving and retrieval of research project reports resulting primarily from investigations supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), particularly the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The online format was selected to provide immediate access to science reports for FWS, state and tribal management agencies, the conservation community, and the public at large. All reports in this series have been subjected to a peer review process consistent with the agencies and entities conducting the research. Authors and/or agencies/institutions providing these reports are solely responsible for their content. The FWS does not provide editorial or technical review of these reports. Comments and other correspondence on reports in this series should be directed to the report authors or agencies/institutions. In most cases, reports published in this series are preliminary to publication, in the current or revised format, in peer reviewed scientific literature. Results and interpretation of data contained within reports may be revised following further peer review or availability of additional data and/or analyses prior to publication in the scientific literature. The Cooperator Science Series is supported and maintained by the FWS, National Conservation Training Center at Shepherdstown, WV.

Notes:

"October 2012."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-63).

Public domain

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Description based on online resource; title from title page (USFWS National Digital Library, viewed Jan. 12, 2023).

OCLC:

875251921

Access Restriction:

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