ICMBio - CMA | American Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Telemetry Dataset

The animals were separated into three groups: (i) wild: captured in the wild using a net deployed from a customized boat and released in the same site; (ii) released: stranded as newborn calves, rehabilitated in captivity, and released into the wild; or (iii) adapted: recaptured and retagged several years after release and successfully adapted to the wild.

The tagging system for manatees is composed of a belt adapted to the caudal peduncle, a tether, and a floating transmitter. Three models of transmitters were used, two of then produced by Telonics, USA (models TMT-462 and TMT-464-2) using the ARGOS system and the other one produced by Fundação Mamíferos Aquáticos/NORTRONIC using the GLOBALSTAR network. The tags used different sampling intervals.