Holly Edwards
Holly Edwards
affects days learned refined weather
We've learned a lot about how weather affects counts, and really refined our calculations about the weather and the days that we fly, I can't say it's not a possibility that there were 3,000 manatees in 1991.
added areas gotten
We've gotten better at the surveys and added more areas we think manatees will be.
bias inherent knowing management minimum miss numbers year
We don't use these numbers to make management decisions, because of the bias that's inherent in the number, not knowing how many we miss from year to year. These are a minimum count.
abundance everywhere saw
We kind of saw abundance everywhere we looked.