Extant emergence of Greater Caribbean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Virgin Islands: Hopes for the beginning of a natural recolonization process

Authors

  • Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni Caribbean Manatee Conservation Center, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
  • Shannon Gore Association of Reef Keepers
  • Zandy Hillis-Starr US National Park Service
  • Chris Juredin Beyond the Reef
  • Clayton G. Pollock Buck Island Reef National Monument, US National Park Service

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00355
A pod of four orcas surface close to shore in the Gulf of California, Mexico.

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2025-10-31

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Mignucci-Giannoni, A. A., Gore, S., Hillis-Starr, Z., Juredin, C., & Pollock, C. G. (2025). Extant emergence of Greater Caribbean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Virgin Islands: Hopes for the beginning of a natural recolonization process. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 20(2), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00355

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2025)

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