Kenchington, Richard A.

2 publications

Kenchington, Richard A. (detail)
1972Observations on the digestive system of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Erxleben).
Jour. Mamm. 53(4): 884-887. 1 tab. 7 figs. Nov. 30, 1972.
—Describes the gross anatomy and histology of stomachs and intestines of animals caught in northern Queensland shark nets; comments on secretions and muscular contractions of the gut, and the pH of its contents. "Sea grasses" were found even in the stomach of a "new born" calf.
Kenchington, Richard A. (detail)
1985Dugong hunting in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
IUCN Bull. (Internatl. Union Conserv. Nature & Nat. Resources) 16(7-9): 89-90. 1 fig. July-Sept. 1985.
—Reports on the regulation of traditional hunting in the Hope Vale Community, Queensland, Australia. According to Kenchington (IUCN Bull. 17(1-3): 41, Jan.-Mar. 1986), authorship of this article should have been attributed to Claudia L. Baldwin.