Robert Bonde, Ph.D. (Former Employee)
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A comparison of biofouling communities associated with free-ranging and captive Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) A comparison of biofouling communities associated with free-ranging and captive Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)
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Authors
Erin L. Bledsoe, Kendal E. Harr, Mary F. Cichra, Edward J. Philips, Robert K. Bonde, Mark Lowe
Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: Implications for manatee conservation Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: Implications for manatee conservation
The three living species of manatees, West Indian (Trichechus manatus), Amazonian (Trichechus inunguis) and West African (Trichechus senegalensis), are distributed across the shallow tropical and subtropical waters of America and the western coast of Africa. We have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA control region in 330 Trichechus to compare their phylogeographic patterns. In T. manatus...
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J. A. Vianna, Robert K. Bonde, S. Caballero, J. P. Giraldo, R. P. Lima, A. Clark, M. Marmontel, B. Morales-Vela, M. J. De Souza, L. Parr, M. A. Rodriguez-Lopez, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, J. A. Powell, F. R. Santos
Comparison of methods used to diagnose generalized inflammatory disease in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Comparison of methods used to diagnose generalized inflammatory disease in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) are afflicted with inflammatory and infectious disease secondary to human interaction, such as boat strike and entanglement, as well as “cold stress syndrome” and pneumonia. White-blood-cell count and fever, primary indicators of systemic inflammation in most species, are insensitive in diagnosing inflammatory disease in manatees. Acute phase...
Authors
K.E. Harr, J. W. Harvey, R. K. Bonde, D. Murphy, Mark Lowe, M. Menchaca, E.M. Haubold, R. Francis-Floyd
Electrocardiography in two subspecies of manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and Trichechus manatus manatus) Electrocardiography in two subspecies of manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and Trichechus manatus manatus)
Electrocardiographic (ECG) measurements were recorded in two subspecies of awake, apparently healthy, wild manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris and T. m. manatus) undergoing routine field examinations in Florida and Belize. Six unsedated juveniles (dependent and independent calves) and 6 adults were restrained in ventral recumbency for ECG measurements. Six lead ECGs were recorded...
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J. Siegal-Willott, A. Estrada, R. K. Bonde, A. Wong, D.J. Estrada, K. Harr
The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation
Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
R.L. Reep, R. K. Bonde
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A comparison of biofouling communities associated with free-ranging and captive Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) A comparison of biofouling communities associated with free-ranging and captive Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)
No abstract available.
Authors
Erin L. Bledsoe, Kendal E. Harr, Mary F. Cichra, Edward J. Philips, Robert K. Bonde, Mark Lowe
Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: Implications for manatee conservation Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: Implications for manatee conservation
The three living species of manatees, West Indian (Trichechus manatus), Amazonian (Trichechus inunguis) and West African (Trichechus senegalensis), are distributed across the shallow tropical and subtropical waters of America and the western coast of Africa. We have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA control region in 330 Trichechus to compare their phylogeographic patterns. In T. manatus...
Authors
J. A. Vianna, Robert K. Bonde, S. Caballero, J. P. Giraldo, R. P. Lima, A. Clark, M. Marmontel, B. Morales-Vela, M. J. De Souza, L. Parr, M. A. Rodriguez-Lopez, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, J. A. Powell, F. R. Santos
Comparison of methods used to diagnose generalized inflammatory disease in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Comparison of methods used to diagnose generalized inflammatory disease in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) are afflicted with inflammatory and infectious disease secondary to human interaction, such as boat strike and entanglement, as well as “cold stress syndrome” and pneumonia. White-blood-cell count and fever, primary indicators of systemic inflammation in most species, are insensitive in diagnosing inflammatory disease in manatees. Acute phase...
Authors
K.E. Harr, J. W. Harvey, R. K. Bonde, D. Murphy, Mark Lowe, M. Menchaca, E.M. Haubold, R. Francis-Floyd
Electrocardiography in two subspecies of manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and Trichechus manatus manatus) Electrocardiography in two subspecies of manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and Trichechus manatus manatus)
Electrocardiographic (ECG) measurements were recorded in two subspecies of awake, apparently healthy, wild manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris and T. m. manatus) undergoing routine field examinations in Florida and Belize. Six unsedated juveniles (dependent and independent calves) and 6 adults were restrained in ventral recumbency for ECG measurements. Six lead ECGs were recorded...
Authors
J. Siegal-Willott, A. Estrada, R. K. Bonde, A. Wong, D.J. Estrada, K. Harr
The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation
Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
R.L. Reep, R. K. Bonde