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  Marsh, Helene D.; O'Shea, Thomas J.; Best, Robin Christopher
  1986
Research on sirenians.
Ambio 15(3): 177-180. 4 figs.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
  *1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Northern Terr., Australia; stranding by cyclone)
Aerial Surveys of Distribution
   1986Hudson & Marsh (DD; Torres Strait)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; 55-65.)
Australia
   1986Hudson & Marsh (DD; Torres Strait; aerial surveys)
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Northern Territory; stranding by cyclone)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; status; 53-76.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; group sizes; 62-63.)
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
x  1986O'Shea, T.J. (TM; Florida; bottom-feeding on acorns; 183-185.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; reproductive parameters; 64-69.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1986Gallivan & Best (TI; Manaus; feeding & metabolism; 552-557.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (Australia; stranded by cyclone)
x *1986aMarsh, H. (Torres Strait; population model & status; 53-76.)
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
x  1986Gallivan & Best (TI; in capt.; 5-9-day passage rate; 554, 556.)
Florida
x  1986O'Shea, T.J. (TML; Blue Spring; feeding on acorns; 183-185.)
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.)
x *1986Gallivan & Best (TI; feeding, fasting, & metabolic rate; 552-557.)
Food Plants: Brachiaria mutica
x  1986Gallivan & Best (Brazil; in capt.; 552-553.)
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
x  1986Gallivan & Best ("E. crassiceps"; Brazil; in capt.; 552-553.)
Food Plants: Quercus virginiana
x *1986O'Shea, T.J. (Florida; acorns; 183-185.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x *1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; catch statistics; 53-55, 66, 69-73.)
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
x  1986Gallivan & Best (TI; chewing rate; 554-556.)
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Australia; stranding by cyclone)
Papua New Guinea
(SEE ALSO: Ri)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; status; 53-76.)
Population Biology
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution; Age Determination; Birth and Breeding)
x *1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; population model; 64-73.)
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
x  1986Gallivan & Best (TI; feeding, metabolism, & ventilation; 552-557.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
x *1986Gallivan & Best (feeding, fasting, metabolism, ventilation; 552-557.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1986O'Shea, T.J. (Florida; feeding on acorns; 183-185.)