Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Reeves, Randall R.; Tuboku-Metzger, Daphne; Kapindi, Richard A. | ||
| 1988 | Distribution and exploitation of manatees in Sierra Leone. Oryx 22(2): 75-84. 1 tab. 7 figs. Apr. 1988. –Briefly describes the distribution of manatees (based on interviews) and of manatee traps and nets along rivers. Describes in detail hunting methods using traps, nets, and harpoons; carcass utilization; fragmentary catch statistics; and conflicts with fishing and rice farming. Discusses conservation prospects for manatees in Sierra Leone. | ||
Related Index Records
12 related index terms
Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; nets; 83.) |
Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
| x | * | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; 75-84.) |
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; 82-84.) |
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; meat, bone; 80-82.) |
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 | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; fish, rice, grass, mangroves; 81.) |
Food Plants: Mangroves
(SEE ALSO: Avicennia, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, Rhizophora)
(SEE ALSO: Avicennia, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, Rhizophora)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (Sierra Leone; 81.) |
Food Plants: Pennisetum purpureum
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (Sierra Leone; 81.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | * | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; traps, nets, harpoons, 76-84; catch statistics, 80-81.) |
Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Nigeria; skin; m80.) |
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; seasonal movements; 78.) |
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
| x | 1988 | Reeves et al. (TS; Sierra Leone; hunting beliefs; m78.) |
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
| x | * | 1988 | Reeves et al. (Sierra Leone; distr. & hunting; 75-84.) |