Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Piggins, David; Muntz, W. R. A.; Best, Robin Christopher | ||
| 1983 | Physical and morphological aspects of the eye of the manatee Trichechus inunguis Natterer 1883: (Sirenia: mammalia [sic]). Mar. Behav. Physiol. 9(2): 111-129. 3 tabs. 3 figs. –Examination of gross ocular anatomy, retinal histology, visual pigment, ocular refraction, and visual behavior in 5 animals showed a primarily rod retina, high receptor:ganglion cell ratio, low refractive error (hyperopia) under water, pigment based on vitamin A1, a difference spectrum of lambda max at 505 nm, a retina suited to low light levels, moderate visual acuity at best, motion perception, and a low degree of binocular vision. These results are compared with previous studies of T. manatus and Dugong. | ||
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16 related index terms
Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
| x | * | 1983 | Piggins et al. (TI; vision; 121-127.) |
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
| x | 1983 | Piggins et al. (TI; visual pigment; 116, 118-119, 123.) |
Brazil
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; dry-season fasting; 61-64.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1983 | Piggins et al. (TI; Manaus; eyes & vision; 113-129.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1983 | Piggins et al. (eyes & vision, comp. w/ TI; 112, 121-126.) |
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.) |
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.) |
Histology
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
| x | 1983 | Piggins et al. (TI; retina; 116-117, 123.) |
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.) |
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.) |
Sense Organs
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception; Brain and Nervous System; Digestive System; Skeleton; Sound Production)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception; Brain and Nervous System; Digestive System; Skeleton; Sound Production)
| x | * | 1983 | Piggins et al. (TI; eye morphology & vision; 111-129.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | * | 1983 | Best, R.C. (dry-season fasting; 61-64.) | |
| x | * | 1983 | Piggins et al. (eye & vision; 111-129.) |
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
| x | 1983 | Piggins et al. (eyes & vision, comp. w/ TI; 112, 122-126.) |