Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Lomolino, Mark V.; Ewel, Katherine Carter | ||
| 1984 | Digestive efficiencies of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Florida Scientist 47(3): 176-179. 2 tabs. –In a captive adult female Florida manatee fed lettuce and water hyacinth, the consumption rate was low relative to body size but digestive efficiencies were high (about 80% for Eichhornia, 90% for lettuce), due to the low fiber content of the plants, the long passage time (about 6 days), and the long gut. | ||
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 | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (TM; consumption rate; 177.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (TML; Florida; digestive efficiencies; 176-179.) |
Digestive System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
| x | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (TM; digestive efficiencies; 176-179.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (TML; in capt.; feces; 6-day passage rate; 176-177.) |
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 | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (TM; consumption rates & digestive efficiencies; 176-179.) |
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
| x | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (TM; Florida; in capt.; digestive efficiencies; 176-179.) |
Food Plants: Lactuca sativa
(lettuce; Asteraceae) (SEE ALSO under Food)
(lettuce; Asteraceae) (SEE ALSO under Food)
| x | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel ("Lactuca lactuca"; TM; Florida; in capt.; digestive efficiencies; 176-179.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | 1984 | Lomolino & Ewel (digestive efficiencies; 176-179.) |