Publications

These publications have been authored by or involve AACF staff.

Manatee Publications

• Adimey, N., M. Ross, M. Hall, J.P. Reid, M.E. Barlas, L.W. Keith Diagne, and R.K. Bonde. 2016. Twenty-six years of post-release monitoring of Florida manatees: Evaluation of a cooperative rehabilitation program. Aquatic Mammals, 42(3): 376-391. https://aquaticmammalsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1484:twenty-six-years-of-post-release-monitoring-of-florida-manatees-trichechus-manatus-latirostris-evaluation-of-a-cooperative-rehabilitation-program&catid=149&Itemid=157
• Grace et al. 2021. Testing a global standard for measuring species recovery and assessing conservation success. Conservation Biology 2021:1-17. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13756
• Hieb, E.E., E.A. Eniang, L.W. Keith-Diagne, and R. Carmichael. 2021. Impacts of in-water bridge construction on manatees and implications for other marine megafauna species. Journal of Wildlife Management 85(4):674-685. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22030
• Hunter, M.E., G. Meigs-Friend, J. Ferrante, A. Kamla Takoukam, R. Dorazio, L. Keith-Diagne, F. Luna, J. Lanyon, and J. Reid. 2018. Environmental DNA (eDNA) occurrence and detection estimates of vulnerable manatee species using state-of-the-art digital droplet PCR. Endangered Species Research, 35:101-111. https://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2018/35/n035p101.pdf
• Keith-Diagne, L.W., P. Fernandez de Larrinoa, T. Diagne, and L.M. Gonzalez. 2021. First satellite tracking of the African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) and Movement Patterns in the Senegal River. Aquatic Mammals 47(1): 21-29.
• Keith-Diagne, L. 2018. African manatee training and surveys in Cote D’Ivoire. Sirenews 68: 3-4. >a href=”https://www.seewinter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sirenews-68-Dec-2018.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Sirenews 68
• Keith Diagne, L. 2016. African Manatees: Transboundary challenges and conservation planning. In A.A. Aguirre and R. Sukumar, eds. Tropical conservation: Perspectives on local and global priorities. Oxford University Press, New York. https://www.amazon.com/Tropical-Conservation-Perspectives-Global-Priorities/dp/0199766983/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481925191&sr=8-1&keywords=tropical+conservation
• Keith Diagne, L. 2016. Discovering the Forgotten Sirenian. Save Our Seas Magazine 5: 54-67. http://www.saveourseasmagazine.com/discovering-forgotten-sirenian/
• Keith Diagne, L. 2016. Trichechus senegalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22104A97168578. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22104/0
• Keith Diagne, L.W. 2014. Phylogenetics and feeding ecology of the African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis. Dissertation, University of Florida. 263 pp. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047107/00001
• Keith Diagne, L. 2012. The Forgotten Sirenian. Seagrass Watch Magazine, Issue 46: 14-17. http://www.seagrasswatch.org/Info_centre/Magazine/pdf/issue45/SW_Magazine_Issue46.pdf
• Marsh, H., E.M. Arraut, L. Keith Diagne, H. Edwards, and M. Marmontel. 2017. The Impact of Climate Change and Loss of Habitat on Sirenians. In A. Butterworth, ed. Marine Mammal Welfare. Spring International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-46994-2_19
• Mayaka, T.B., Koh‐Dimbot, J.P., and Keith‐Diagne, L.W. 2019. Occurrence patterns of African manatees, conflicts with humans, and local perception in the Southern Korup Area, Cameroon. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(10): 1801-1813. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3210
• Powell, J.A., Scolardi, K.M. and Keith-Diagne, L. 2019. Sirenians. In Cochran, J. Kirk; Bokuniewicz, J. Henry; Yager, L. Patricia (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 3rd Edition, vol.[2], pp. 641-650. Oxford: Elsevier. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-ocean-sciences/cochran/978-0-12-813081-0
• Reynolds, J.E. III, J.A. Powell, L.W. Keith Diagne, S. Barton, and K. Scolardi. 2017. Manatees. In W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig and J.G.M. Thewissen eds. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, third edition. Academic Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-marine-mammals/wursig/978-0-12-804327-1
• Takoukam, A.K., D.G.E. Gomes, M.V. Hoyer, L.W. Keith-Diagne, R.K. Bonde, and R. Francis-Floyd. 2021. African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) habitat suitability at Lake Ossa, Cameroon using trophic state models and predictions of submerged aquatic vegetation. Ecology and Evolution 11(19): 13068-13080.
• Takoukam, A., D. Gomes, C. Beck, L.W. Keith-Diagne, M. Hunter, R. Francis-Floyd, and R. Bonde. 2021. Diet composition of the African manatee: spatial and temporal variation within the Sanaga River Watershed, Cameroon. 2021. Ecology and Evolution 11(20): DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8254

Turtle & Tortoise Publications

Please view our turtle and tortoise publications at the African Chelonian Institute website.

African Cetacean Publications

• McGowen, M.R., K.R. Murphy, I. Ndong, C.W. Potter and L.W. Keith-Diagne. 2020. The complete mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5:1, 257-259, DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1700196