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  Best, Robin Christopher; Gallivan, G. James; Kanwisher, John W.
  1982
Ecophysiology of the Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis [Abstr.].
Braz. Jour. Med. Biol. Res. 15(2-3): 193.

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24 related index terms

Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1982Best & Teixeira (TM; Amap , Brazil; mating observed in February, May, & June; 45.)
x *1982aBest, R.C. (TI; seasonal breeding; 76-78.)
Brazil
x  1982Best & Teixeira (TMM; Amap ; 41-47.)
x  1982aBest, R.C. (TI; seasonal breeding; 76-78.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; Manaus; artificial rearing; 263-267.)
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1982Best & Teixeira (TMM; Amap , Brazil; status & protected areas; 43, 45.)
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; in capt.; flatulence & loose stools while on artificial formula with lactose; 265.)
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.)
  *1982Best et al. (TI; in capt., Brazil; artificial formula)
Food Plants: Avicennia nitida
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 44.)
Food Plants: Cabomba
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; Brazil; in capt.; m266.)
Food Plants: Egeria
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; Brazil; in capt.; m266.)
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 43-44.)
Food Plants: Eleocharis interstincta
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 44.)
Food Plants: Laguncularia racemosa
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 44.)
Food Plants: Montrichardia arborescens
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 43-44.)
Food Plants: Panicum purpurascens
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; Brazil; in capt.; m266.)
Food Plants: Rhabdadenia biflora
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 44.)
Food Plants: Rhizophora mangle
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 44.)
Food Plants: Spartina brasiliense
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Brazil; 44.)
Growth Rates
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; in capt., Manaus; on artificial formulas; 266.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Trichechus; Amap , Brazil; bait, harpoons, nets; 43-44.)
x  1982aBest, R.C. (TI; Amazonas, Brazil; peak hunting seasons; 77.)
Milk
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Ingestive)
x *1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI; artificial formula; 263-267.)
Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
x  1982Best & Teixeira (TMM; Brazil; ?shark bites; 45.)
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (TI calves; pathological floating; 264.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
x *1982aBest, R.C. (seasonal breeding; 76-78.)
   1982bBest, R.C.
x  1982Best, Ribeiro et al. (feeding with artificial formula; 263-267.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1982Best & Teixeira (Amap , Brazil; distr., status, hunting, natural history; 41-47.)