Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Bengtson, John L. | ||
| 1983 | Estimating food consumption of free-ranging manatees in Florida. Jour. Wildl. Manage. 47(4): 1186-1192. 3 tabs. 1 fig. –A study, partly experimental, of chewing rate and food consumption at Blue Spring and the St. Johns River indicated an estimated consumption rate of 108 g/min and 4-9% of body weight per day. The highest rates were observed just before winter. | ||
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11 related index terms
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (TM; food consumption in wild; experiments; 1190-1191.) |
Florida
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (TML; Blue Spring; food consumption in wild; 1186-1192.) |
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 | * | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (TML; St. Johns R., Florida; food consumption in wild; 1186-1192.) |
Food Plants: Ceratophyllum demersum
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1191.) |
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1187.) |
Food Plants: Najas guadalupensis
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1191.) |
Food Plants: Panicum purpurascens
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1191.) |
Food Plants: Pistia stratiotes
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1187.) |
Food Plants: Vallisneria americana
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1187.) |
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
| x | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (TML; chewing rate & food consumption; 1187-1191.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | * | 1983 | Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; food consumption in wild; 1186-1192.) |