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Trichechus manatus

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List of Habitats:
5 Wetlands (inland)
5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
5.6 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.9 Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases
9 Marine Neritic
9.1 Marine Neritic - Pelagic
9.5 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud
9.6 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Muddy
9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
9.9 Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)
9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
12 Marine Intertidal
12.2 Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc
12.4 Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats
12.5 Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)
12.7 Marine Intertidal - Mangrove Submerged Roots
13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
13.4 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes
13.5 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Freshwater Lakes
15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
15.1 Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
1.2 Resource & habitat protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
2.3 Habitat & natural process restoration (in place)
3 Species management
3.2 Species recovery (in place)
3.3 Species re-introduction
3.3.1 Reintroduction (in place)
4 Education & awareness
4.1 Formal education (in place)
4.2 Training (in place)
4.3 Awareness & communications (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.1 Legislation
5.1.3 Sub-national level (in place)
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.1 International level (in place)
5.4.2 National level (in place)
5.4.3 Sub-national level (in place)
6 Livelihood, economic & other incentives
6.1 Linked enterprises & livelihood alternatives (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.1 Housing & urban areas
1.2 Commercial & industrial areas
1.3 Tourism & recreation areas
2 Agriculture & aquaculture
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
2.1.4 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
2.4 Marine & freshwater aquaculture
2.4.3 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
4 Transportation & service corridors
4.3 Shipping lanes
5 Biological resource use
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.1 Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale)
5.4.2 Intentional use: (large scale)
5.4.4 Unintentional effects: (large scale)
6 Human intrusions & disturbance
6.1 Recreational activities
7 Natural system modifications
7.2 Dams & water management/use
7.2.8 Abstraction of ground water (unknown use)
7.2.11 Dams (size unknown)
7.3 Other ecosystem modifications
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes
8.2 Problematic native species
9 Pollution
9.1 Domestic & urban waste water
9.1.1 Sewage
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.6 Excess energy
9.6.3 Noise pollution
11 Climate change & severe weather
11.2 Droughts
11.3 Temperature extremes
11.4 Storms & flooding
Citation: Deutsch, C.J., Self-Sullivan, C. & Mignucci-Giannoni, A. 2008. Trichechus manatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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