Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Anderson, Paul K.; Birtles, Alastair | ||
| 1978 | Behaviour and ecology of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia): Observations in Shoalwater and Cleveland Bays, Queensland. Austral. Wildl. Res. 5(1): 1-23. 1 tab. 11 figs. –Reports results of aerial surveys and observations on surfacing, diving, respiration, feeding, feeding tracks, aggregative and sexual behavior, response to observers, and movements in relation to the tidal cycle; comments on energy budget and vulnerability to human disturbance; and makes comparisons with manatees. | ||
Related Index Records
20 related index terms
Aerial Surveys of Distribution
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 2, 5-6.) | ||
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; results comp. w/ questionnaire surveys; 21.) |
Australia
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; behavior & ecology; 1-23.) | |
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; distr. survey; 13-26.) |
Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; scratching; 15.) |
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 6, 13, 20-21.) | ||
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; questionnaire survey; 15-17, 20.) |
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; diving, silt clouds, feeding tracks; 8-13, 18-20.) |
Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; raising head above water, 7, 16, 18; ?investigating observers, 16.) |
Behavior, Sexual
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 12-15, 20-21.) |
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; sheltered feeding areas, 10, 17-18; response to observers, 15-16.) | ||
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; seeking protected waters; 19.) |
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; breeding ?non-seasonal; 16, 20.) |
Community Ecology
(SEE ALSO: Food; Food Plants; Natural Enemies; Paleoecology; Parasites; Parasitology)
(SEE ALSO: Food; Food Plants; Natural Enemies; Paleoecology; Parasites; Parasitology)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; no interspecific interactions; 15.) |
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 19, 21.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (Queensland; behavior & ecology; 1-23.) | |
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (Australia; status survey; 13-26.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; feces; 10-11, 16-17.) |
Food Plants: Zostera capricornis
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles ("Z. capricorni"; Queensland; 19.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; questionnaire surveys; 13-26.) |
Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; facing current, 13; flippers not used on bottom, 19-20.) |
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; movements with tide; 8-9, 19.) | |
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; 16-20.) |
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; ?mass mortality; 20.) |
Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
| x | 1978 | Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; sharks, crocodiles, "porpoises", stingrays, stonefish; 19-20.) |
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | * | 1978 | Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; surfacing modes & diving times; 6-8, 10-11, 13, 17-19.) |