Reep and Bonde co-authored a book on manatee biology

Roger Reep, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience, and Bob Bonde, a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Sirenia Project, have co-authored a book on manatee biology and conservation geared toward professionals and lay people interested in the unique and endangered marine mammal.

Reep and Bonde, who also is pursuing his doctoral degree at the UF veterinary college, have collectively devoted 45 years to manatee research. The result was "The Florida Manatee, Biology and Conservation," recently published by University Press of Florida.

Reep has published numerous papers and lectured on the organization and evolution of mammalian nervous systems. He was lead organizer for the First International Manatee and Dugong Research Conference in 1994 and for the Florida Marine Mammal Health Conferences in 2002 and 2005. Bonde has published many scientific papers on manatee genetics and mortality and on his aerial surveys, radio tracking and observations of manatees in their natural habitat.