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Manatee Monitoring Training Modules

These are videos of the two modules on Manatee Monitoring Training Module that provide a training on how to do manatee monitoring. Documented at the Saloum Delta Workshop on Manatee Monitoring in May 2010 in Senegal by Sander Carpay, Communications Officer, Wetlands International Africa.


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This is the first of two modules on Manatee Monitoring Training Module and provides a training on how Methods to Manatee Monitoring Training Module - Introduction to Morphometric and Cranial Measurements.

 

his is the second of two modules on Manatee Monitoring Training Module and provides a training on how Methods to Estimate Numbers: Sightings Scanning and Telemetry. 


Related Action(s):
Conservation du Lamantin ouest africain (Trichechus Senegalensis), Creating Marine Protected Areas in Sierra Leone

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