Mating Behavior of Manatees Documented in Mississippi Estuarine Waters
The Trichechus manatus latirostris (Florida manatee) is known to seasonally range into the northern Gulf of Mexico, but evidence of mating behavior in Mississippi has not previously been documented. On 24 September 2024, the first known instance of ac
Authors
- Megan Chevis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5996-693X)
- Eric Sparks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1102-2478)
- Matthew Virden
- Holley Muraco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5033-8590)
- Keith Chenier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8075-2564)
- Amanda Free
- Maya Stratman
Institutions
- Mississippi State University (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175952335.59717289/v1
- Primary Topic
- Marine and fisheries research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
- Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
- Mississippi State University
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture