. 2021 Sep 30;11:19451. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98890-0

Table 5.

Body condition indices (BCI) for West Indian manatees Trichechus manatus. W = body mass, UG = umbilical girth, SL = straight-line total length.

	Females					N	B	Males
	N	b	BCI					BCI
	N	b	Mean	SD	Range			Mean	SD	Range
Antillean manatee (*T. m. manatus)—Coastal marine
BCI₁ = UG/SL^b1	127	0.926	0.76	0.05	0.58–0.90	136	0.846	0.75	0.05	0.47–0.90
BCI₂ = W/SL^b2	70	2.626	25.0	3.75	14.8–36.2	83	2.561	24.7	3.30	15.0–34.6
BCI₃ = W/(SL*UG^b3)	69	1.888	38.2	4.14	29.1–49.3	79	1.883	37.8	3.27	31.0–49.2
*Antillean manatee (T. m. manatus**)—Riverine
BCI₁ = UG/SL^b1	47	0.934	0.69	0.08	0.41–0.94	43	0.854	0.66	0.09	0.28–0.78
BCI₂ = W/SL^b2	42	2.904	20.8	3.06	15.0–26.7	39	2.839	20.6	3.42	12.7–34.0
BCI₃ = W/(SL*UG^b3)	40	2.001	38.2	8.66	20.9–70.1	37	1.996	39.5	9.40	29.6–73.1
Florida manatee (*T. m. latirostris)*
BCI₁ = UG/SL^b1	63	1.045	0.72	0.04	0.64–0.84	83	0.844	0.86	0.04	0.79–0.97
BCI₂ = W/SL^b2	63	2.915	23.2	2.4	18.9–29.6	83	2.578	29.8	2.4	24.6–37.3
BCI₃ = W/(SL*UG^b3)	63	1.815	42.9	2.7	36.6–57.0	83	1.835	40.6	1.8	36.1–44.7

* This study, **Harshaw et al. 2016.