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x Packard, Jane M.
  1984a
Impact of manatees Trichechus manatus on seagrass communities in eastern Florida.
Acta Zool. Fennica 172: 21-22. 2 tabs.
–Documents the amount of seagrass biomass removed by manatee rooting and grazing; notes that manatee herbivory may maintain species diversity in seagrass beds.

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10 related index terms

Aerial Surveys of Distribution
x *1984Packard, Frohlich et al. (TM; Ft. Myers, Florida; 1983-84; 1-63.)
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
x  1984aPackard, J.M. (TM; rooting & grazing seagrasses; 21-22.)
Florida
x  1984Packard, Frohlich et al. (TML; Ft. Myers; abundance, 1983-84; 1-63.)
x  1984aPackard, J.M. (TML; impact on seagrass beds; 21-22.)
Food Plants: Halodule wrightii
x  1984aPackard, J.M. (Florida; 21-22.)
Food Plants: Syringodium filiforme
x  1984aPackard, J.M. (Florida; 21-22.)
Food Plants: Thalassia testudinum
x  1984aPackard, J.M. (Florida; 21-22.)
Population Biology
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution; Age Determination; Birth and Breeding)
x *1984Packard, Frohlich et al. (TML; Florida; factors influencing indices of abundance; 1-63.)
Tagging Methods and Recognition
x *1984bPackard, J.M. (TM; review of techniques; 1-29.)
Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
x  1984Packard, Frohlich et al. (TML; Ft. Myers, Florida; use of power-plant effluent; 24-31, 42-46.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1984Packard, Frohlich et al. (Ft. Myers, Florida; abundance, 1983-84; 1-63.)
x  1984aPackard, J.M. (Florida; impact on seagrass beds; 21-22.)
x  1984bPackard, J.M. (review of marking techniques; 1-29.)