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x Packard, Jane M.; Summers, Robert C.; Barnes, Lindsay B.
  1983
Correction factors for observability of manatees during aerial surveys.
Manatee Population Research Rept. (Gainesville, Fla., Florida Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit) No. 3: 1-10. 1 tab. 1 fig.
–Summ.: Packard, Summers & Barnes (1985). See also Appendix 1. Uses actual counts of manatees identified in Blue Spring, together with 7 radiotagged manatees and 3 tagged with vinyl flags, to obtain correction factors for aerial surveys of the St. Johns River, Florida. Only 33-57% of manatees known to be in the area were sighted from the air. Factors influencing variation in counts are discussed, including habitat type, survey conditions, and observer bias. Correction factors obtained for each survey gave estimates closer to total counts than factors based on the mean ratio-of-radios-sighted over all surveys.

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x *1983Packard & Mulholland (TM; Florida; 1977-82; 1-119.)
x *1983Packard et al. (TM; Florida; correction factors derived from radiotagging; 1-10.)
Conservation
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   1983aPackard, J.M. (TML; Crystal R., Florida; research & management plan)
  *1983bPackard, J.M. (TML; Crystal R., Florida; research & management plan)
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x  1983Packard & Nichols (TML; sample sizes required for mark-recovery studies; 1-14.)
x  1983Packard et al. (TML; St. Johns R.; aerial survey; 1-10.)
   1983aPackard, J.M. (TML; Crystal R. research & management plan)
  *1983bPackard, J.M. (TML; Crystal R. research & management plan)
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x  1983Packard & Nichols (TML; Florida; sample sizes required for mark-recovery studies; 1-14.)
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x  1983Packard & Nichols (TML; Florida; sample sizes required for mark-recovery studies; 1-14.)
x  1983Packard et al. (TML; Florida; radiotagging, 4-8; vinyl flags, 5, 8.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x *1983Packard & Mulholland (Florida; aerial surveys, 1977-82; 1-119.)
x  1983Packard & Nichols (Florida; sample sizes required for mark-recovery studies; 1-14.)
x  1983Packard et al. (St. Johns R., Florida; aerial survey; 1-10.)
   1983aPackard, J.M. (Crystal R., Florida)
  *1983bPackard, J.M. (Crystal R., Florida)