Zoogeography of Marine Mammals in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

• Main Author: Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio Armando
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1989
• Subjects: Puerto Rico; US Virgin Islands; British Virgin Islands; marine mammals; northeastern Caribbean Sea; Antillean manatee; cetaceans; humpback whale; Caribbean monk seal; Monachus tropicalis; National Marine Fisheries Service; NMFS; NEPTUNO; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Databases and Information Systems; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ma_etds/229

A zoo-geographical analysis of the marine mammals in the waters of Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands was conducted to document the presence of the different species found, and to relate their occurrences to patterns of underwater bottom topography. Past and present knowledge...