Dauphin Island Sea Lab: Dauphin Island Sea Lab Renews Manatee Tagging Research

Mobile AL

28 August, 2022

2:03 AM

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Press release from the Estuarium at Dauphin Island Sea Lab: August 26, 2022 Despite fitful weather, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and collaborators from Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, SeaWorld Orlando, and Mote Marine Lab successfully led the capture and health assessment of three manatees in Alabama waters early this week. The captured manatees were given complete health assessments and fitted with floating satellite tracking tags to locate them and track their movements in Alabama waters and migration routes when they leave the area. The work is part of a collaborative research study on the manatee population and movement ecology, funded by the Alabama Center of Excellence under the RESTORE Act. Data from the satellite tags will be used to better understand manatee habitat use now and model predicted future manatee distributions and habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico under changing climate conditions. This press release was produced by the Estuarium at Dauphin Island Sea Lab. The views expressed here are the author's own.