Manatee Research Study

Researchers at Dauphin Island Sea Lab on Dauphin Island, Mobile County, attach a tracking device to a West Indian manatee. Their research is part of a statewide study on the health and size of the manatee population in Alabama.

Researchers examining a manatee resting on a boat deck, using measuring equipment and data-collection tools while gathered around the animal at a dockside research site.

Photo courtesy of Dauphin Island Sea Lab

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West Indian Manatee

West Indian Manatee

Researchers examining a manatee resting on a boat deck, using measuring equipment and data-collection tools while gathered around the animal at a dockside research site.