Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Gallivan, G. James; Best, Robin Christopher; Kanwisher, John W. | ||
| 1983 | Temperature regulation in the Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis. Physiol. Zool. 56(2): 255-262. 4 figs. Apr. 1983. –Summ.: New Scientist, Dec. 1, 1983: 654, 1 fig. Core temperatures of two animals were measured (with swallowed transmitters) at 35-36 C and varied with water temperature within the thermoneutral zone; below that zone (i.e., below 22-23 C) they were maintained, primarily by increase in activity. Their primary mechanism for thermoregulation seemed to be changes in peripheral circulation, aided by subcutaneous fat insulation. Speculates that cold-related mortality and limits to distribution in T. manatus may be due less to physiology than to nutritional status and food availability. | ||
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14 related index terms
Brazil
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; dry-season fasting; 61-64.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; production of feces while fasting; 61-62.) | ||
| x | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (TI; in capt.; 2-3-week passage rate of swallowed transmitters; 256.) |
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 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; dry-season fasting; 61-64.) |
Food Plants: Luziola spruceana
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 62.) |
Food Plants: Scirpus cubensis
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 61.) |
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 | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; hunted during dry-season congregations; 62-63.) |
Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (thermoregulation; 255, 260.) |
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 | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; moving between lakes & rivers; 63.) |
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 | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; bowel obstruction during fasting; 62.) |
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 | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (TML; risk of epidemics at warm-water refugia; 261.) |
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 | * | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (TI; thermoregulation; 255-262.) |
Thermoregulation
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
| x | * | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (TI; measurements of core temperature; 255-262.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | * | 1983 | Best, R.C. (dry-season fasting; 61-64.) | |
| x | * | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (thermoregulation; 255-262.) |
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
| x | 1983 | Gallivan et al. (body temperatures, comp. w/ TI; 255, 259.) |