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x Rathbun, Galen B.
  1988
Fixed-wing airplane versus helicopter surveys of manatees (Trichechus manatus).
Mar. Mamm. Sci. 4(1): 71-75. 1 tab. Jan. 1988.
–Numbers of manatees counted at Crystal and Indian Rivers, Florida (1978-79), did not significantly differ between surveys conducted with fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, though helicopter surveys produced less variable counts and may be more effective for some specialized surveys.

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