Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Best, Robin Christopher | ||
| 1981 | Foods and feeding habits of wild and captive Sirenia. Mammal Review 11(1): 3-29. 12 tabs. 2 figs. –Detailed review of diets, feeding behavior, food consumption, nutrition, and digestive physiology of the five Recent species, listing all reported food items consumed in the wild or in captivity, with analyses of composition and digestibility for some of them. | ||
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Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | * | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-24.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | * | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review of diets of captive sirs.; 13, 15, 17-24.) |
Digestive System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review of sir. digestive anatomy & physiology; 4-6, 11, 17-18, 21, 23-24.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (diet & nutrition; 3-6, 13-15, 21-24.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (Trichechus; diarrhea of calves on powdered milk formula; 21.) |
Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
| x | * | 1981 | Best, R.C. (wild & captive sir. diets & nutrition; 3-29.) |
Food Plants: Agarum gmelini
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Agarum pertusum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Agarum turneri
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Alaria esculenta
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Alternanthera philoxeroides
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Anabaena
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (Florida; 8.) |
Food Plants: Annona glabra
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. ("Anona"; review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Annona reticulata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. ("Anona"; review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Artocarpus altilis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Artocarpus integrifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Avicennia nitida
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7, 9.) |
Food Plants: Brachiaria plantaginea
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Cabomba
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7, 11-13, 17, 20-21.) |
Food Plants: Cabomba aquatica
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 20.) |
Food Plants: Canna indica
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Caulerpa racemosa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Caulerpa serrulata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Caulerpa taxifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Cecropia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Centrosema brasilianum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Ceramium
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Ceratophyllum demersum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Chaetomorpha
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Cladophora
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Constantinea rosa-marina
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Cymodocea angustata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Cymodocea nodosa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Cymodocea rotundata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14, 23.) |
Food Plants: Cymodocea serrulata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Cyperus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Cyperus radiatus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Diplanthera wrightii
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Dumontia fucicola
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Echinochloa polystachya
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Echinochloa pyramidalis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Ectocarpus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Eichhornia azurea
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7, 9-13, 17-18, 20.) |
Food Plants: Eleocharis acicularis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Elodea densa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Enhalus acoroides
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Enhalus koenigii
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Enteromorpha
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Fucus vesiculosus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Gracilaria verrucosa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Halodule pinifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Halodule uninervis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14, 23.) |
Food Plants: Halophila decipiens
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Halophila engelmanni
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Halophila ovalis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Halophila ovata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Halophila spinulosa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Halophila stipulacea
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Hibiscus tiliaceus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Hydrilla verticillata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8, 11-12.) |
Food Plants: Hymenachne amplexicaulis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9-10, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Hypnea
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Ipomoea aquatica
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8, 10, 20, 23.) |
Food Plants: Kyllingia brevifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Lactuca sativa
(lettuce; Asteraceae) (SEE ALSO under Food)
(lettuce; Asteraceae) (SEE ALSO under Food)
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19, 22.) |
Food Plants: Laguncularia racemosa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8.) |
Food Plants: Laminaria saccharina
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Laurencia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Leersia hexandra
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10, 20.) |
Food Plants: Luziola spruceana
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9-10, 20.) |
Food Plants: Machaerium wrightii
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Medicago sativa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Montrichardia arborescens
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8, 10, 20.) |
Food Plants: Mougeotia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Myriophyllum spicatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Najas guadalupensis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Navicula
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Nelumbium speciosum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. ("Nelumbo speciosum"; Guyana, Suriname; 8.) |
Food Plants: Nelumbo
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Nereocystis luetkeana
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Nymphaea
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10, 17, 20.) |
Food Plants: Operculina alata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Oryza latifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Oryza perennis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10, 12.) |
Food Plants: Oscillatoria
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Panicum apressum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Panicum gladiatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Panicum hemitomon
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Panicum jumentorum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Panicum laxum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Panicum molle
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Panicum purpurascens
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7, 9-10, 13, 20.) |
Food Plants: Panicum spectabile
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Panicum zizanioides
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum acuminatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum fasciculatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10, 12.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum paniculatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum pusillum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum repens
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9-10, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum vergatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Phalaris aquatica
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Phaseolus ovatus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Phragmites communis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Phyllospadix
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Pistia stratiotes
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8, 10, 12-13, 17, 20.) |
Food Plants: Polygonum senegalense
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (West Africa; 10.) |
Food Plants: Pontederia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Pontederia cordata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Pontederia rotundifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9, 20.) |
Food Plants: Posidonia australis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Potamogeton pectinatus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9, 11, 20.) |
Food Plants: Reussia rotundifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Rhabdadenia biflora
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Rhizoclonium
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. ("Rhizoclinium"; review; 8, 12.) |
Food Plants: Rhizophora mangle
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7, 9-10.) |
Food Plants: Ruppia maritima
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7, 9, 21.) |
Food Plants: Sabal palmetto
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Sagittaria
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 12, 20.) |
Food Plants: Salvinia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 21.) |
Food Plants: Salvinia auriculata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 10, 12.) |
Food Plants: Salvinia minor
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 10.) |
Food Plants: Salvinia rotundifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Salvinia sprucei
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 10.) |
Food Plants: Sambucus canadensis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Sargassum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Scirpus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Scleria cyperina
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Scleria luteola
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Scleria pterota
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Spartina brasiliense
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Spirogyra
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 12.) |
Food Plants: Spyridia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Stypopodium zonale
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Syringodium filiforme
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Syringodium isoetifolium
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14, 23.) |
Food Plants: Thalassia hemprichii
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Thalassia testudinum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8.) |
Food Plants: Thalassiophyllum clathrus
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 16.) |
Food Plants: Thalassodendron ciliatum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14, 23.) |
Food Plants: Theobroma cacao
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Theobroma grandiflorum
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 19.) |
Food Plants: Tradescantia diuretica
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Typha augustifolia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 9.) |
Food Plants: Typha domingensis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 21.) |
Food Plants: Udotea argentea
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Ulva
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Utricularia
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 8, 20.) |
Food Plants: Utricularia foliosa
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10, 12.) |
Food Plants: Utricularia minor
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Vallisneria neotropicalis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 7-8.) |
Food Plants: Vallisneria spiralis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Vaucheria
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (Florida; 8.) |
Food Plants: Vigna luteola
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 20.) |
Food Plants: Vossia cuspidata
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 10.) |
Food Plants: Zostera capensis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Zostera capricornis
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14.) |
Food Plants: Zostera marina
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review; 14, 20, 23.) |
Growth Rates
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (TI; in capt., Manaus; 0.8 kg/week on milk diet; 21.) |
Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (diet & nutrition; 3-4, 15-17.) |
Milk
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Ingestive)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Ingestive)
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (review of natural milk & artificial formulas; 18, 21.) |
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (cutaneous infections caused by malnutrition; 21.) |
Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (Trichechus; effects on digestion rate; 21.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (diet & nutrition; 3-4, 7-13, 15, 18-24.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (diet & nutrition; 3-13, 15, 17-24.) |
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
| x | 1981 | Best, R.C. (diet & nutrition; 3-7, 10, 15, 21.) |