Research Publications

  • Laist, D. A. C. Taylor and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2013. Winter habitat preferences of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). PLOS One 8(3):e58978. 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III. 2013. Family Dugongidae. J. Kingdon, D. Happold, M. Hoffman, T. Butynski, M. Happold, and J. Kalina (eds.), Mammals of Africa, Volume 1: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria. Bloomsbury, NY. 352pp. 

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III. 2013. Family Trichechidae. J. Kingdon, D. Happold, M. Hoffman, T. Butynski, M. Happold, and J. Kalina (eds.), Mammals of Africa, Volume 1: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria. Bloomsbury, NY. 352pp.

 

  • Deutsch, C. J., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2012. Florida manatee status and conservation issues. IN: Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, III, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.). Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

 

  • Flamm, R.O., J. E. Reynolds, III, and C. Harnak. 2012. Mapping and characterizing the network of warm-water sites used by manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) along the southwestern coast of Florida. Environmental Management 51(1):154-166.

 

  • Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, L. Aragones, M. Marmontel, A. Mignucci-Gionnoni and D. Domning. 2012. The role of science in sirenian conservation in developing countries. IN: Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, III, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.). Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

 

  • Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, III, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni,, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.). 2012. Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

 

  • O’Shea, T. J., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2011. West Indian manatee. iPad application, Duke University and The Society for Marine Mammalogy.

 

  • ​Reynolds, J. E., III, and C. D. Marshall. 2012. Vulnerability of sirenians. IN: Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, III, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.). Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III, B. Morales-Vela, I Lawler, and H. Edwards. 2012. Utility and design of aerial surveys for sirenians. IN: Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, III, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.). Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
     
  • Wetzel, D. L., E. Pulster, and J.E. Reynolds, III. 2012. Organic contaminants and sirenians. IN: Hines, E., J. E. Reynolds, III, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, L. V. Aragones, and M. Marmontel (eds.). Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

 

  • Marsh, H., T. J. O’Shea, and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2011. Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia: Dugongs and Manatees. Cambridge University Press.

 

  • Semeyn, D. J., Hebert, J., Cush, C. C., Scolardi, K. M., McBride, J. D., Grealish, D., Reynolds, J. E., III. 2011. Aerial surveys of manatees (Trichechus manatus) in Lee County, Florida, provide insights regarding manatee abundance and real time information for managers and enforcement officers. Journal of Coastal Conservation 15(4):573-583 (DOI: 10.1007/s11852-011-0146-3).
     
  • Wilson, R. C., J. E. Reynolds III, D. L. Wetzel, L. Schweirzke-Wade, R. K. Bonde, K. F. Breuel and W. E. Roudebush. 2011. Secretion of anti-Mullerian hormone in the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) with implications for assessing conservation status. Endangered Species Research 14(2):107-112.
     
  • UNEP. 2010. Regional Management Plan for the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) compiled by Ester Quintana-Rizzo and John Reynolds III. CEP Technical Report No. 48. UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica.

 

  • Wetzel, D. L., J. E. Reynolds, III, J. M. Sprinkel, L. Schwacke, P. Mercurio and S. A. Rommel. 2010. Fatty acid signature analysis as a potential forensic tool for Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Science of the Total Environment 408: 6124–6133.

 

  • Fonnesbeck, C. J., H. H. Edwards, and J. E. Reynolds III. 2009. A hierarchical covariate model for detection, availability and abundance of Florida manatees at a warm water aggregation site. IN: D. L. Thomson, E. G. Cooch, and M. J.Conroy (Eds.) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations Series: Environmental and Ecological Statistics , Vol. 3, Springer, pp 563-578.

 

  • Lefebvre, L. W., Reynolds III, J. E., Ragen, T. J., Langtimm, C. A., and Valade, J. A., eds., 2009. Manatee Population Ecology and Management Workshop Proceedings: Gainesville, FL, April 2002. Special Publication, U.S. Geological Service. 66 pp.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III and L. W. Lefebvre. 2009 Manatee Population Research and Its Applications to Management Strategies and Conservation. Pp. 6-16. IN: Lefebvre, L. W., Reynolds III, J. E., Ragen, T. J., Langtimm, C. A., and Valade, J. A., eds. Manatee Population Ecology and Management Workshop Proceedings: Gainesville, FL, April 2002. Special Publication, U.S. Geological Service. 66 pp.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III , J. A. Powell, Jr., and C. A. Taylor. 2009. The manatees--Family Trichechidae (Trichechus manatus, T. senegalensis, and T. inunguis). IN: W. F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd Edition. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

 

  • Scolardi, K. M., L. H. Schwacke, J. K. Koelsch, J. E. Reynolds, III, T. J. Kessenich, J. M. Sprinkel, and J. G. Gannon. 2009. Trends in counts of manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) from 1987-2005 in waters of Sarasota County, Florida. Journal of Endangered Species Research 9:1-11.
     
  • Schipper, J. et al. 2008. The biogeography of diversity, threat, and knowledge in the world’s terrestrial and aquatic mammals. Science 322:225.
     
  • Tringali, M. D., S. Seyoum, S. L. Carney, M. C. Davis, M. A. Rodriguez-Lopez, J. E. Reynolds, III, and E. Haubold. 2008. Eighteen new polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris. Molecular Ecology Notes 8:328-331.
     
  • Twiss, J. R., Jr., R. J. Hofman, and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2008. Marine Mammal Conservation. IN: L.L. Rockwood, R. E. Stewart, and T. Dietz, eds. Foundations of Environmental Sustainability: The Co-Evolution of Science and Policy. Oxford University Press, London.

 

  • Carney, S. L., E. E. Bolen, S. L. Barton, K. M. Scolardi, C. C. Englund, M. D. Tringali, and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2007. A minimally invasive method of field sampling for genetic analyses of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Marine Mammal Science 23(4):967-975.

 

  • Edwards, H. H., K. H. Pollock, B. B. Ackerman, J. E. Reynolds, III, and J. A. Powell. 2007. Estimation of detection probability in manatee aerial surveys at a winter aggregation site. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(6):2052-2060.
     
  • Gannon, J. G., K. M. Scolardi, J. E. Reynolds, III, J. K. Koelsch, and T. J. Kessenich. 2007. Habitat selection by manatees in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 23(1):133-143.

 

  • Miksis-Olds, J. L., P. L. Donaghay, J. H. Miller, P. L. Tyack, and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2007. Simulated vessel approaches elicit differential responses from manatees. Marine Mammal Science 23(3):629-649.

 

  • Laist, D. L., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2005. Florida Manatees, Warm-Water Refuges, and an Uncertain Future. Coastal Management 33:279-295.

 

  • Laist, D. L., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2005. Influence of Power Plants and Other Warm-Water Refuges on Florida Manatees. Marine Mammal Science 21(4):739-764.
     
  • Craig, B. A., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2004. Determination of manatee population trends along the Atlantic coast of Florida using a Bayesian approach with temperature-adjusted aerial survey data. Marine Mammal Science 20(3):386-400.
     
  • Reynolds, J. E., III, S. A. Rommel, and M. E. Pitchford. 2004. The likelihood of sperm competition in manatees--explaining an apparent paradox. Marine Mammal Science 20(3):464-476.

 

  • Glaser, K. S. (photographs) and J. E. Reynolds, III (text). 2003. Mysterious Manatees. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. ISBN 0-8130-2637-7: 187pp.
     
  • Marsh, H., P. Arnold, M. Freeman, D. Haynes, A. Read, J. Reynolds, and T. Kasuya. 2003. Strategies for conserving marine mammals. Pp. 1-19. IN: N. Gales, M. Hindell and R. Kirkwood (eds.), Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism, and Management Issues. CSIRO Publishing, Australia: 446pp.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III and R. S. Wells. 2003. Dolphins, Whales and Manatees of Florida: A Guide to Sharing Their World. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. ISBN 0-8130-2687-3: 148pp.

 

  • Ames, A. L., E. S. van Vleet, and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2002. Comparison of lipids in selected tissues of the Florida manatee (Order Sirenia) and bottlenose dolphin (Order Cetacea; Suborder Odontoceti). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B 132:625-634.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III, D. P. DeMaster, and G. T. Silber 2002. Endangered and threatened species. Pp. 373-382. IN: W. F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
     
  • Reynolds, J. E., III and J. A. Powell, Jr. 2002. The manatees--Family Trichechidae (Trichechus manatus, T. senegalensis, and T. inunguis). Pp. 709-720. IN: W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
     
  • Wright, I. E., Reynolds, J. E. III, B. B. Ackerman, L. I. Ward, B. L. Weigle, and W. A. Szelistowski. 2002. Trends in manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) counts and habitat use in Tampa Bay, 1987-1994: Implications for conservation. Marine Mammal Science 18(1):259-274.

 

  • Morales-Vela, B., D. Olivera-Gomez, J. E. Reynolds, III, and G. B. Rathbun. 2000. Distribution and habitat use by manatees Trichechus manatus manatus in Belize and Chetumal Bay, Mexico. Biological Conservation 95:67-75.

 

  • Rommel, S. A., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2000. Diaphragm structure and function in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). The Anatomical Record 259(1):41-51.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III. 1999. Efforts to Conserve the Manatees. Pp. 267-295. IN: J.R. Twiss, Jr. and R. R. Reeves (eds.). Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.: 471pp.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E. III, and S. A. Rommel (eds.) 1999. Biology of Marine Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. ISBN 1560983752: 578pp. Converted to e-book: summer 2013.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III, S. A. Rommel, and D. K. Odell. 1999. Marine Mammals of the World. Pp. 1-14. IN: Reynolds, J. E., III and S. A. Rommel (eds). Biology of Marine Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.: 578pp.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E. III, and D. K. Odell. 1991. Manatees and Dugongs. Facts on File, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-8160-2436-7: 192 pp. Second printing: October 1993. Fourth printing: March 1998.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III, and K. D. Haddad (eds.). 1990. Report of the Workshop on Geographic Information Systems as an Aid to Managing Habitat for West Indian Manatees in Florida and Georgia. Florida Marine Research Publication Number 49: 98pp.

 

 

OTHER NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

 

  • Ponnampalam, L. S., F. I. J. Hisne, K. Adulyanukosol, and J. E. Reynolds, III. In press. Conservation of dugongs in the Johor east coast islands, Peninsular Malaysia. Biological Conservation.

 

  • Gales, N., P. Best, D. Bowen, D. Johnston, K. Kovacs, C. Littnan, W. Perrin, J. Reynolds, and P. Thompson. 2009. Guidelines for the treatment of marine mammals in field research. Marine Mammal Science 25(3): 725-736.
     
  • Merrick, R. G. T. Silber, J. E. Reynolds, III, and D. P. DeMaster. 2009. Endangered and threatened species. IN: W. F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd Edition. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
     
  • Reynolds, J. E., III, H. Marsh, and T. J. Ragen. 2009. Marine Mammal Conservation. Journal of Endangered Species Research 7(1):23-28.
     
  • Rommel, S. A., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2009. Postcranial skeleton of marine mammals. IN: W. F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd Edition. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

 

  • George, J. C., D. L. Wetzel, L. Dehn, T. M. O’Hara, T. M. Robertson, R. G. LeDuc, and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2008. An Analysis of Ancient Bowhead Whale Mangtak from Gambell Alaska: What can it tell us? International Whaling Commission SC/60/E?

 

  • Wetzel, D. L., J. E. Reynolds, III, and W. W. Christie. 2007. Identification of fatty acids by picolinyl ester derivatives. Marine Mammal Science 23(4):989-990.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III, D. L. Wetzel, and T. M. O’Hara. 2006. Omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids in blubber of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus): health implications for subsistence-level cultures. Arctic 59(2):155-164.

 

  • Ragen, T. J., R. R. Reeves, J. E. Reynolds, III, and W. F. Perrin. 2005. Future Directions in Marine Mammal Research: A Synthesis of the Consultation. Pp. 179-183. IN: Reynolds, J. E., III, W. F. Perrin, R. R. Reeves, T. J. Ragen, and S. Montgomery (eds.). Marine Mammal Research: Beyond Crisis Management. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

 

  • Reynolds, J. E., III. 2005. The paradox of marine mammal science and conservation: Maddening inertia during accelerated change. Pp. 1-3. IN: Reynolds, J. E., III, W. F. Perrin, R. R. Reeves, T. J. Ragen, and S. Montgomery (eds.). Marine Mammal Research: Beyond Crisis Management. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
     
  • Reynolds, J. E., III, W. F. Perrin, R. R. Reeves, T. J. Ragen, and S. Montgomery (eds.). 2005. Marine Mammal Research: Conservation Beyond Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. ISBN 0-8018-8255-9:223pp. 

 

  • O’Hara, T., P. Hoekstra, C. Hanns, D. Muir, D. Wetzel, J. Reynolds. 2004. A preliminary assessment of the nutritive value of select tissues from the bowhead whale based on suggested nutrient daily intakes. International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Report SC/56/E2:1-19.

 

  • Wetzel, D. L., and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2004. Definitive identification of fatty acid constituents in marine mammal tissues. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61(4):554-560.
     
  • Reynolds, J. E., III, R. S. Wells, and S. D. Eide. 2000. The Bottlenose Dolphin--Biology and Conservation. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. ISBN 0-8130-1775-0: 288pp. Second printing: July 2013. ISBN 978-0-8130-4934-2

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Manatees can live at least a half a century; bowhead whales can live two centuries.

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