Learn more about Manatees by referring to the print and electronic resources below
Photo from Save the Manatee Site
Books:
| Amato, C. Chessie: The
Meandering Manatee. Barrons Juveniles: 1997.
Amazing Animals of the Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1981. Anderson, Laurie Halse. Manatee Blues. Middleton, WI:American Girl, 2000. Crump, Donald, ed. National Geographic Book of Mammals. Vol. II. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1981. Goff Clark, Margaret. The Vanishing Manatee. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1990. Gordon, Esther and Bernard. Once There Was a Giant Sea Cow. New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc. 1977. Haley, Jan. J.Rooker, manatee. Bemidji, MN: Focus Publishing, Inc.,2002. Hartman, P.S. Ecology and Behavior of the Manatee (Trichechus Manatus in Florida). American Society of Mammalogists: 1979. Hutta,Akemi. Manatee. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. Kuzmier, Kerrie and Jennifer McCann. Manatees and Dugongs. Washington, D.C. : Center for Marine Conservation, 1990. O'Keeke, M. Timothy. Manatees, Our Vanishing Mermaids. Lakeland, FL: Larsons Outdoor Publishing, 1995. Sibbald, Jean H. The Manatee. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dillon Press, Inc., 1990. Silverstein, A., Silverstein, V., Nunn, L.
and Silverstein, R. The Manatee (Endangered in America). Millbrook
Press: 1996. Zeiller, W. Introducing the Manatee. University Press of Florida: 1992. Zoehfeld, K. Manatee Winter (Smithsonian Oceanic Collection). Soundprints Corp Audio: 1994. |
Web sites:
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Mote Marine Laboratory:Site of the Earthwatch Institute Field Study| About Manatees |
| Florida Marine Research Institute |
| USGS Sirenia Project (Manatee Research Project) |
| Save the Manatee Club |
| Kids Only: Manatees and Dugongs |
| SeaWorld Education Department: Information on Manatees |
| Kids Planet Manatee Fact Sheet |
| Manatees in Florida 2001 |
| Endangered Florida Wildlife: the Manatee |
| Manatees: on the edge of extinction |
| Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 - summary and full text |
| U.S. Endangered Species Act - summary |
| Homosassa Wildlife Park - includes a live Manatee cam |
| Journey North: Manatees - probably the single most valuable site for this project |
