Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Kenchington, Richard A. | ||
| 1972 | Observations on the digestive system of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Erxleben). Jour. Mamm. 53(4): 884-887. 1 tab. 7 figs. Nov. 30, 1972. –Describes the gross anatomy and histology of stomachs and intestines of animals caught in northern Queensland shark nets; comments on secretions and muscular contractions of the gut, and the pH of its contents. "Sea grasses" were found even in the stomach of a "new born" calf. | ||
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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 | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; Australia; nets; 884.) |
Australia
| x | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; drowned in shark nets; m884.) |
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; Australia; calves grazing; 886.) |
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
| x | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; pH of foregut contents; 887.) |
Digestive System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
| x | * | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; stomach & intestine; 884-887.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (digestive system; 884-887.) |
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 | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; Australia; stomach contents; 884, 886.) |
Histology
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
| x | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; digestive tract; 885-887.) |
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 | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; Australia; accidental netting; 884.) |
Myology
| x | 1972 | Kenchington, R.A. (DD; digestive tract; m884, m886-887.) |