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x Haigh, M. D.
  1991
The use of manatees for the control of aquatic weeds in Guyana.
Irrigation & Drainage Systems 5(4): 339-349. 1 tab. 1 fig. 2 pls.
–Summarizes the experience gained in Guyana and recommends guidelines for manatee use in countries with similar conditions. Recommends in particular a population density between 0.5 and 1.4 manatees per hectare of water surface in turbid water, depending on whether they are used for maintenance or initial clearing of the waterway, respectively.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (TMM; Guyana; boat collisions in canals; 345, 347.)
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (TMM; Guyana; feeding partly out of water; 339, 342.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (TMM; Guyana; in capt.; m342.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (TMM; Guyana; weed control; 339-349.)
Food Plants: Cabomba aquatica
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (Guyana; 341.)
Food Plants: Hymenachne amplexicaulis
x  1991Haigh, M.D. ("H. amplexicaule"; Guyana; 341.)
Food Plants: Luziola spruceana
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (Guyana; 341.)
Food Plants: Nelumbium speciosum
x  1991Haigh, M.D. ("Nelumbo speciosa"; Guyana; 341.)
Food Plants: Paspalum repens
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (Guyana; 341.)
Food Plants: Paspalum vergatum
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (Guyana; 341.)
Food Plants: Utricularia foliosa
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (Guyana; 341.)
Guyana
x *1991Haigh, M.D. (TMM; weed control; 339-349.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1991Haigh, M.D. (Guyana; weed control; 339-349.)
Weed Control
x *1991Haigh, M.D. (TMM; Guyana; 339-349.)