Hurst, Lawrence A.

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Hurst, Lawrence A.; Beck, Cathy A. (detail)
1988Microhistological characteristics of selected aquatic plants of Florida with techniques for the study of manatee food habits.
U.S. Fish & Wildl. Service Biol. Rept. 88(18): xii + 145. 6 tabs. 93 figs. Sept. 1988.
—Describes microhistological characters of 83 taxa of plants found in manatee habitat in Florida (but does not indicate which are known to be eaten by manatees); provides identification keys and sample data sheets; and details procedures for collecting, processing, and analyzing samples of manatee ingesta and for preparing and photographing reference slides of plants. Includes a glossary and an index.