Roger L. Reep - The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation

The Florida Manatee

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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

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Biology and Conservation

SECOND EDITION

Roger L. Reep and Robert K. Bonde

Foreword by Thomas J. OShea

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA

Gainesville Tallahassee Tampa Boca Raton

Pensacola Orlando Miami Jacksonville Ft. Myers Sarasota

Copyright 2021 by Roger L. Reep and Robert K. Bonde

All rights reserved

First edition copyright 2006

Published in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020942566

ISBN 978-0-8130-6682-0

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