  Here we describe a new study of the SNRs and SNR candidates in nearby face-on
spiral galaxy M83, based primarily on MUSE integral field spectroscopy. Our
revised catalog of SNR candidates in M83 has 366 objects, 81 of which are
reported here for the first time. Of these, 229 lie within the MUSE observation
region, 160 of which have spectra with [SII]:Halpha ratios exceeding 0.4, the
value generally accepted as confirmation that an emission nebula is
shock-heated. Combined with 51 SNR candidates outside the MUSE region with high
[SII]:Halpha ratios, there are 211 spectroscopically-confirmed SNRs in M83, the
largest number of confirmed SNRs in any external galaxy. MUSE's combination of
relatively high spectral resolution and broad wavelength coverage has allowed
us to explore two other properties of SNRs that could serve as the basis of
future SNR searches. Specifically, most of the objects identified as SNRs on
the basis of [SII]:Halpha ratios exhibit more velocity broadening and lower
ratios of [SIII]:[SII] emission than HII regions. A search for nebulae with the
very broad emission lines expected from young, rapidly expanding remnants
revealed none, except for the previously identified B12-174a. The SNRs
identified in M83 are, with few exceptions, middle-aged ISM-dominated ones.
Smaller diameter candidates show a larger range of velocity broadening and a
larger range of gas densities than the larger diameter objects, as expected if
the SNRs expanding into denser gas brighten and then fade from view at smaller
diameters than those expanding into a more tenuous ISM
