Spatial distribution of manatees in southern Gulf of Mexico coastal plain

Authors

  • Leon D Olivera-Gómez León D Olivera-Gómez Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Academic Division of Biological Sciences
  • Darwin Jiménez Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Academic Division of Biological Sciences
  • Benjamín Morales-Vela El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unit Chetumal
  • José Luis García-Herrera Ministery of Environment and Natural History of Chiapas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a9n2.3144

Abstract

The manatee is an herbivorous aquatic mammal, considered endangered in Mexico, that inhabits the Atlantic plain coasts of Mexico. The lower basins of the Grijalva and Usumacinta rivers has long been proposed as an important nucleus of distribution and abundance in Mexico. To resume information of manatees on a map, based on the connectivity of water courses, lagoons and flood plains over these two basins, in this study we analyzed historical, 1980 to 2000, and recent, 2000 to 2019, information, grouping from opportunistic observations to data resulting from point surveys and tracking projects. There are zones where the coverage of studies has been insufficient or with a lack of reports and other areas where the amount and quality of multiple information highlight its current importance. The coverage of protected areas is shown as an instrument for the conservation plans of the species.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

  • Leon D Olivera-Gómez León D Olivera-Gómez, Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Academic Division of Biological Sciences

    Aquaculture Engineer from the Technological Institute of the Sea of Boca del Río, Veracruz. He has a master's degree and a doctorate in Marine Ecology from the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada, CICESE. He is a full research professor in the Academic Division of Biological Sciences of the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco. He specializes in the ecology and conservation of manatees and other aquatic species.

  • Darwin Jiménez, Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Academic Division of Biological Sciences

    Biologist graduated from the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, has a master's degree in Environmental Sciences from the same university. He works currently at the Academic Division of Biological Sciences of the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, as an associate research professor. He specializes in the management and conservation of manatees and other aquatic fauna in lagoon fluvial environments.

  • Benjamín Morales-Vela, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unit Chetumal

    Biologist, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has a Master's degree and a Doctorate in Science in Biology. He is a Senior Researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal. He specializes in Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals and especially the manatee, a species with which he has worked since 1990 to date. He has been president of the Mexican Society of Marine Mastozoology and Co-chair of the IUCN Sirenians Specialist Comitte

  • José Luis García-Herrera, Ministery of Environment and Natural History of Chiapas

    Licenciate in Ecology from the Juárez Autónomous University of Tabasco. He is coordinator of the Catazajá Wetlands Protected Natural Area in the State of Chiapas. He specializes in manatee and wetland management in lagoon fluvio systems.

Murciélago bigotudo de Parnell (Pteronutus mesoamericanus)

Downloads

Published

2022-06-20

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022): Mayo-Agosto

Section

SCIENTIFIC NOTE

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Aviso de copyright

 

Los autores que se envían a esta revista aceptan los siguientes términos:

una. Los autores conservan los derechos de autor y garantizan a la revista el derecho a ser la primera publicación del trabajo con una licencia de atribución de Creative Commons que permite a otros compartir el trabajo con un reconocimiento de la autoría del trabajo y la publicación inicial en esta revista.

B. Los autores pueden establecer acuerdos complementarios separados para la distribución no exclusiva de la versión del trabajo publicado en la revista (por ejemplo, en un repositorio institucional o publicarlo en un libro), con un reconocimiento de su publicación inicial en esta revista.

C. Se permite y se anima a los autores a difundir su trabajo electrónicamente (por ejemplo, en repositorios institucionales o en su propio sitio web) antes y durante el proceso de envío, ya que puede conducir a intercambios productivos, así como a una cita más temprana y más extensa del trabajo publicado. (Consulte El efecto del acceso abierto).

 

Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional  (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

How to Cite

León D Olivera-Gómez, L. D. O.-G., Jiménez-Domínguez, D., Morales-Vela, B., & García-Herrera, J. L. (2022). Spatial distribution of manatees in southern Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a9n2.3144