Jim Reid
is a biologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, FL. Since 1983, he has studied manatees for the USGS's Sirenia Project, a federal research effort on-going since 1974 to understand manatee biology and inform management and recovery efforts. His interests include the use of GPS, satellite and VHF radio tagging and tracking techniques in field-based studies of manatees; seagrass mapping and characterization studies to assess benthic habitats; photo-identification and behavioral observations on individual manatees; and cooperation on international studies of sirenians.