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x Spain, Alister V.; Heinsohn, George Edwin
  1973
Cyclone associated feeding changes in the dugong (Mammalia: Sirenia).
Mammalia 37(4): 678-680. 1 tab. Dec. 1973.
–Reports (on the basis of stomach contents) a dietary shift in Queensland dugongs from seagrasses to Sargassum and other brown and red algae following the destruction of seagrass beds by a cyclone. Hydroids, holothurian and ascidian remains, and silt and sand were also found in the dugongs' stomachs.

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x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (DD; cyclone & feeding changes; 678-680.)
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x  1973Crusafont-Pairó, M. (fossil sirs., Spain & Mallorca, 96-98; existence of bibliography by L. Via, ii.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (Australia; cyclone & feeding changes; 678-680.)
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(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  1973Spain & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; seagrasses, algae, silt, animal matter; 678-680.)
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x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (Queensland; after cyclone; 678.)
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x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (Queensland; after cyclone; 678.)
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x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (Queensland; after cyclone; 678.)
Food Plants: Sargassum
x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (Queensland; after cyclone; 678-680.)
Food Plants: Spyridia
x  1973Spain & Heinsohn (Queensland; after cyclone; 678.)
Halianassa cuvieri (de Christol, 1832) Bronn, 1848
x  1973Crusafont-Pairó, M. (Spain; occurrences & bibliography; 96-97.)
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x  1973Crusafont-Pairó, M. (Spain; occurrences & bibliography; 96-97.)
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x  1973Crusafont-Pairó, M. (Spain; occurrences & bibliography; 97-98.)
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x  1973Crusafont-Pairó, M. (Spain; occurrences & bibliography; 97.)
Spain
x *1973Crusafont-Pairó, M. (list & bibliography of sir. occurrences in Spain & Mallorca; 96-98.)