Question

11) Which of the following characteristics are typically found in manatee carcasses determined to be impacted by red tide, brevetoxicosis, please mark all that apply.

- Meningitis-inflammation of the lining of the brain

- Emaciation and depleted fat stores

- Brochopneumonia

- Congestion and edema in the resiratory tract

12) The most common cause of death in manatee is trauma found primarily in which age group?

a) Adult males

b) Calves

c) Subadults

d) Adult females

13) True or False: Manatees were not able to discriminate different engine types or boat speeds, explaining why boat trauma is the prime factor in mortality.

14) Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Florida manatee papillomavirus is very similar to the virus found in:

a) Elephants

b) Cetaceans

c) No one, it is apparently novel

d) Humans

15) Choose the Florida agency tasked with processing minimum flow determinations in many of the areas pertinent to manatees.

a) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

b) Water management districts

c) Florida Fish and Wildlife

d) The Army Corp of Engineers

16) During warmer months, manatees have been sighted from:

a) North Carolina to Texas

b) Massachusetts to Texas

c) None if the answers provided

d) Georgia to Alabama

17) In what region of Florida is adult mortality almost equally partitioned among human-related and natural causes?

a) In The Southwest Region

b) The Keys

c) Upper St. Johns River Region

d) The Atlantic Coast Region

18) Use of the Core Biological Model in its most recent 2017 analysis found that there were three primary threats that could equally contribute to quasi-extinction. Which had the biggest potential impact on just the SW and Atlantic regions?

a) Red tide

b) Warm-water habitat

c) Watercraft-related

Answer 1

Answer 11: Red tide affects the respiratory tract of manatee. Option (c) and (d) i.e. Brochopneumonia and Congestion and edema in the resiratory tract.

Answer 12: Option (c) i.e., subadults

Answer 13: FALSE. Boat trauma is due to their inability to hear.

Answer 14: Option (d). Humans.

Answer 15: Option (c), Florida FIsh and Wildlife conservation Commission.

Answer 16: Option (d), Georgia to Alabama. In winters,They are concentrated around Florida.

Answer18: Option (c), watercraft related.