Cruz, Gustavo

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Rathbun, Galen B.; Powell, James Arthur, Jr.; Cruz, Gustavo (detail)
1983Status of the West Indian manatee in Honduras.
Biol. Conserv. 26(4): 301-308. 3 figs.
—Aerial surveys and interviews indicated a low density of manatees and relatively heavy subsistence hunting pressure. A manatee harpoon is illustrated. Hunters state that manatees are nocturnal, move out to sea during storms, and enter rivers in the rainy season. Several manatees died of starvation after being trapped in a lagoon during the dry season.