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x Provancha, Jane A.; Hall, Carlton R.
  1991
Observations of associations between seagrass beds and manatees in east central Florida.
Florida Scientist 54(2): 87-98. 5 tabs. 3 figs. Spring 1991.
–Exclosure experiments in a Syringodium-dominated seagrass bed in the north Banana R. showed that seagrass cover was reduced by about 90% by manatee grazing. Evidence of rooting was noted only occasionally.

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Behavior, Ingestive
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x *1991Provancha & Hall (TML; Florida; impact on seagrass beds; 91-97.)
Florida
x  1991Provancha & Hall (TML; Banana R.; impact on seagrass beds; 87-98.)
Food Plants: Halodule wrightii
x  1991Provancha & Hall (Florida; 87-98.)
Food Plants: Syringodium filiforme
x *1991Provancha & Hall (Florida; 87-98.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1991Provancha & Hall (Florida; impact on seagrass beds; 87-98.)