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x Odell, Daniel Keith
  1981
Growth of a West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, born in captivity. In: R. L. Brownell, Jr., & K. Ralls (eds.), The West Indian manatee in Florida. Proceedings of a workshop held in Orlando, Florida 27-29 March 1978 (q.v.).
Tallahassee, Florida Dept. Nat. Res. (iv + 154): 131-140. 2 tabs. 4 figs.
–Describes the first 3 years of growth of Lorelei, the Miami Seaquarium's first captive-born manatee, and compares them with data on other captive manatee calves. Allometric growth equations are derived, and some observations on nursing and early consumption of solid food are included.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1981Irvine, Odell, & Campbell (TM; Florida; 1974-77; 67-75.)
Anatomy
(SEE ALSO: Brain and Nervous System; Circulatory System; Digestive System; Embryology; Endocrinology; Growth Rates; Histology; Myology; Pathology; Respiratory System; Skeleton; Urogenital System; and under species)
x  1981Odell et al. (TM; organ weights & sexual maturity; 52-65.)
Behavior, Epimeletic
x  1981Odell, D.K. (TM; in capt.; nursing; 133.)
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
x  1981Odell, D.K. (TM; Florida; in capt.; newborn calf; 131, 133.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1981Odell et al. (TM; organ weights & sexual maturity; 54-56, 61-63.)
x  1981Odell, D.K. (TM; Miami, Florida; in capt.; 131.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1981Odell, D.K. (TML; Florida; growth; 131-140.)
Circulatory System
x  1981Odell et al. (TML; heart & spleen weights; 54-57, 60, 63.)
Digestive System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
x  1981Odell et al. (TM; liver & pancreas weights; 54-56, 58-60, 63.)
Endocrinology
x  1981Odell et al. (TML; adrenal & thyroid weights; 60, 63.)
Florida
x  1981Irvine, Odell, & Campbell (TML; carcass salvage & mortality, 1974-77; 67-75.)
x  1981Odell et al. (TML; organ weights & sexual maturity; 52-53.)
Growth Rates
x *1981Odell, D.K. (TML; in capt., Miami; 131-140.)
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1981Irvine, Odell, & Campbell (TML; Florida; mortality, 1974-77; 67-75.)
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
x  1981Odell et al. (TML; effect of pneumonia on lung weights; 57.)
Respiratory System
x  1981Odell et al. (TML; lung weights; 54-58.)
Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
x  1981Irvine, Odell, & Campbell (TML; Florida; winter mortality, 1974-77; 69-70.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1981Irvine, Odell, & Campbell (Florida; mortality, 1974-77; 67-75.)
x  1981Odell et al. (organ weights & sexual maturity; 52-65.)
x  1981Odell, D.K. (Florida; growth in capt.; 131-140.)
Urogenital System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
x  1981Odell, D.K. (TML; kidney & gonad weights; 54-56, 59, 61-63.)