Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Gallivan, G. James; Best, Robin Christopher | ||
| 1986 | The influence of feeding and fasting on the metabolic rate and ventilation of the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis). Physiol. Zool. 59(5): 552-557. 3 tabs. 1 fig. Sept.-Oct. 1986. –Measurements on captive manatees fed grass (Brachiaria) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia) showed no increase in metabolic rate after feeding (= specific dynamic action), probably due to the slow rate of food passage through the digestive tract. Two weeks of fasting did not reduce metabolic rate, again because much of the weight loss during the fast was attributable to emptying of the gut. Also notes differences in chewing rates correlated with body size and diet. | ||
Related Index Records
9 related index terms
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (TI; Manaus; feeding & metabolism; 552-557.) | ||
| x | 1986 | Gallivan et al. (TI; Manaus; heart rates & respiration; 415-423.) |
Circulatory System
| x | 1986 | Gallivan et al. (TI; cardiac rhythms & gas exchange during diving; 415-423.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (TI; in capt.; 5-9-day passage rate; 554, 556.) |
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 | * | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (TI; feeding, fasting, & metabolic rate; 552-557.) |
Food Plants: Brachiaria mutica
| x | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (Brazil; in capt.; 552-553.) |
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
| x | 1986 | Gallivan & Best ("E. crassiceps"; Brazil; in capt.; 552-553.) |
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
| x | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (TI; chewing rate; 554-556.) |
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (TI; feeding, metabolism, & ventilation; 552-557.) | ||
| x | * | 1986 | Gallivan et al. (TI; heart rates & gas exchange in diving; 415-423.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | * | 1986 | Gallivan & Best (feeding, fasting, metabolism, ventilation; 552-557.) | |
| x | * | 1986 | Gallivan et al. (heart rates & gas exchange in diving; 415-423.) |