FWS/OBS-80/50 

 April 1981 



AERIAL SURVEYS FOR MANATEES AND DOLPHINS 

 IN WESTERN PENINSULAR FLORIDA 



(With Notes on Sightings of Sea Turtles and Crocodiles) 



by 



A. Blair Irvine, John E. Caffin and Howard I. Kochman 



Gainesville Field Station, Denver Wildlife Research Center 



412 N.E. 16th Avenue, Room 250 



Gainesville, Florida 32601 



Contract No. 14-16-009-79-951 



In cooperation with: 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Denver Wildlife Research Center 



New Orleans Field Station 



Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037 



Project Officers 

 David M. Smith and Cherry Keller 

 National Coastal Ecosystems Team 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



This project was sponsored by the 

 Bureau of Land Management 



Prepared for 

 National Coastal Ecosystems Team 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



NASA-Slidell Computer Complex 



1010 Gause Boulevard 



Slidell, Louisiana 70458 



