Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Etheridge, Kay; Rathbun, Galen B.; Powell, James Arthur, Jr.; Kochman, Howard I. | ||
| 1985 | Consumption of aquatic plants by the West Indian manatee. Jour. Aquatic Plant Manage. 23(1): 21-25. 6 tabs. –Feeding experiments (using Hydrilla and Vallisneria) and measurements of chewing rates in wild and captive Florida manatees indicated that adults can eat about 7.1% of body weight per day in wet weight of Hydrilla in 5 hours of chewing time. At this rate the manatees wintering at Crystal River fall short of controlling the growth of Hydrilla there by at least an order of magnitude, and manatees in general appear inefficient and impractical as a means of aquatic weed control. | ||
Related Index Records
21 related index terms
Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
| x | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (TM; Haiti; beach seines; 234-236.) |
Aerial Surveys of Distribution
| x | 1985 | Kochman et al. (TM; Crystal R., Florida; 921-924.) | ||
| 1985 | Rathbun, Carr et al. (TM; Puerto Rico) | |||
| x | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (TM; Haiti; 234-235.) |
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
| x | 1985 | Kochman et al. (TM; Crystal R., Florida; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.) |
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TM; chewing rate & time spent feeding; 21-23.) |
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 | 1985 | O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TM; Florida; escaping from nets; 337.) |
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
| x | 1985 | O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; blood chemistry; no evidence of capture myopathy; 339-345.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TML; Florida; feeding experiments; 21-23.) |
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 | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (TM; Haiti; 235-236.) |
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
| x | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (TMM; Haiti; meat; "3 kinds of meat"; 234-236.) |
Florida
| x | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TML; Crystal R.; plant consumption; 21-25.) | ||
| x | 1985 | Kochman et al. (TML; Crystal R.; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.) | ||
| x | 1985 | O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; capture & handling; 337-339.) |
Food Plants: Hydrilla verticillata
| x | * | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TM; Crystal R., Florida; consumption rate & feeding experiments; 21-25.) |
Food Plants: Vallisneria americana
| x | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TM; Florida; consumption rate; 21-23.) |
Haiti
| x | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (TMM; status & distr.; 234-236.) |
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 | * | 1985 | O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; Florida; no evidence of capture myopathy; 335-349.) | |
| x | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (TMM; Haiti; nets, harpoons, stoning to death; 234-236.) |
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
| x | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TM; chewing rate & food consumption; 21-25.) |
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 | 1985 | Kochman et al. (TML; Crystal R., Florida; seasonal movements; 921-924.) |
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
| x | 1985 | O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (TML; no evidence of capture myopathy; 335-349.) |
Puerto Rico
| 1985 | Rathbun, Carr et al. (TMM) |
Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
| x | 1985 | Kochman et al. (TML; Crystal R., Florida; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (Florida; aquatic plant consumption; 21-25.) | ||
| x | 1985 | Kochman et al. (Crystal R., Florida; temporal & spatial distr.; 921-924.) | ||
| x | 1985 | O'Shea, Rathbun et al. (Florida; no evidence for capture myopathy; 335-349.) | ||
| x | 1985 | Rathbun, Woods & Ottenwalder (Haiti; status & distr.; 234-236.) |
Weed Control
| x | * | 1985 | Etheridge et al. (TML; Florida; measurements of plant consumption; manatees considered inefficient control agents; 21-25.) |