Beusse, D. O., Jr.

5 publications

Beusse, D. O., Jr.; Asper, Edward D.; Searles, Stan W. (detail)
1981bDiagnosis and treatment of manatees at Sea World of Florida. In: R. L. Brownell, Jr., & K. Ralls (eds.), The West Indian manatee in Florida. Proceedings of a workshop held in Orlando, Florida 27-29 March 1978 (q.v.).
Tallahassee, Florida Dept. Nat. Res. (iv + 154): 111-120. 3 tabs. 3 figs.
—Reports on the successful treatment of three T. manatus for entanglement in a crab-trap line, propeller cuts, and a possible retained placenta, respectively. Includes extensive tables showing the results of blood studies during treatment. See also Asper & Searles (1981) regarding these manatees.
Beusse, D. O., Jr.; Asper, Edward D.; Searles, Stan W. (detail)
1981aSome causes of manatee mortality. In: R. L. Brownell, Jr., & K. Ralls (eds.), The West Indian manatee in Florida. Proceedings of a workshop held in Orlando, Florida 27-29 March 1978 (q.v.).
Tallahassee, Florida Dept. Nat. Res. (iv + 154): 98-101. 1 tab. 1 fig.
—Lists carcasses of T. manatus recovered in Florida, 1974-77, and gives detailed findings on the three that were fresh enough for necropsy. One died of septicemia with pneumonia after entanglement in a crab-trap line, another from septicemia without obvious wounds, and a third from propeller cuts and pneumonia. See also Irvine, Odell & Campbell (1981).
Niezrecki, C.; Phillips, R.; Meyer, M.; Beusse, D. O., Jr. (detail)
2003Acoustic detection of manatee vocalizations.
Jour. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 114(3): 1640-1647.
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Phillips, R.; Niezrecki, C.; Beusse, D. O., Jr. (detail)
2004Determination of West Indian manatee vocalization levels and rate.
Jour. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 115(1): 422-428.
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Yan, Z.; Niezrecki, C.; Beusse, D. O., Jr. (detail)
2005Background noise cancellation for improved acoustic detection of manatee vocalizations.
Jour. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 117(6): 3566-3573.
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