Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | De Iongh, Hendrik Huibert; Bierhuizen, Barbara; Van Orden, Belinda | ||
| 1997 | Observations on the behaviour of the dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) from waters of the Lease Islands, eastern Indonesia. Contributions to Zoology (Amsterdam) 67(1): 71-77. 2 tabs. 2 figs. –French summ. Describes feeding behavior (including ?cultivation grazing of Halophila ovalis, foraging in rough water, making multiple feeding tracks per dive, and possibly eating lingulid brachiopods and Sipunculus sp.); diving times and behavior, including longer dives in deeper water (up to 10 m); and responses to boats and divers. | ||
Related Index Records
8 related index terms
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; ?cultivation grazing; 71-77.) |
Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; responses to boats & divers; 75.) |
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; foraging in rough seas; 74-75.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (Indonesia; behavior; 71-77.) |
East Indies
(SEE ALSO: Asia; Australia; Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippine Islands)
(SEE ALSO: Asia; Australia; Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippine Islands)
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia, Lease Islands; behavior; 71-77.) |
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 | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; lingulid brachiopods & Sipunculus sp.; m74.) |
Food Plants: Halophila ovalis
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (Indonesia; ?cultivation grazing; 71-77.) |
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | 1997 | De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; diving times & behavior; 74-76.) |