Bibliography Record
| x | Ortiz, Rudy M.; Worthy, Graham A. J.; MacKenzie, Duncan S. | ||
| 1998 | Osmoregulation in wild and captive West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus). Physiol. Zool. 71(4): 449-457. 4 tabs. 2 figs. July/Aug. 1998. –Experiments manipulating water salinity and animals' access to fresh water were conducted on captive and wild-caught T. m. latirostris and T. m. manatus in Florida, Brazil, Colombia, and Puerto Rico. High aldosterone levels in wild freshwater animals may indicate a need to conserve sodium or to have access to marine habitats; captinve animals in fresh water may be susceptible to salt deficiency. High vasopressin levels in wild brackish-water manatees suggest use of an antidiuretic state to conserve water. Concludes that manatees are good osmoregulators regardless of the environment. | ||
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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 | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML, TMM; drinking fresh water from hoses; 450-452.) |
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML, TMM; osmoregulation; 449-457.) |
Brazil
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TMM; in capt., Itamarac ; osmoregulation experiments; 450-451.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML, TMM; Florida, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico; osmoregulation; 450-451.) |
Colombia
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TMM; in capt.; osmoregulation experiments; 450.) |
Endocrinology
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML, TMM; osmoregulation; 449-457.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML, TMM; osmoregulation, 449-457; urination frequency decreased when out of salt water, 452, 456.) |
Florida
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML; in capt.; osmoregulation experiments; 450.) |
Puerto Rico
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TMM; in capt.; osmoregulation experiments; 450.) |
Salinity Tolerance
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
| x | * | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (TML, TMM; osmoregulation; 449-457.) |
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (osmoregulation; 449-457.) |
Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758, Hatt, 1934
| x | 1998 | Ortiz et al. (osmoregulation; 449-457.) |
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