Bibliography Record

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 Anderson, Paul K.; Birtles, Alastair (detail)
   
1978
Behaviour and ecology of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia): Observations in Shoalwater and Cleveland Bays, Queensland.
Austral. Wildl. Res. 5(1): 1-23. 1 tab. 11 figs.
–Reports results of aerial surveys and observations on surfacing, diving, respiration, feeding, feeding tracks, aggregative and sexual behavior, response to observers, and movements in relation to the tidal cycle; comments on energy budget and vulnerability to human disturbance; and makes comparisons with manatees.

Related Index Records (16)

Aerial Surveys of Distribution
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 2, 5-6.)
Australia
  x * 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; behavior & ecology; 1-23.)
Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; scratching; 15.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 6, 13, 20-21.)
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x * 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; diving, silt clouds, feeding tracks; 8-13, 18-20.)
Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; raising head above water, 7, 16, 18; ?investigating observers, 16.)
Behavior, Sexual
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
  x * 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 12-15, 20-21.)
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; sheltered feeding areas, 10, 17-18; response to observers, 15-16.)
Community Ecology
(SEE ALSO: Food; Food Plants; Natural Enemies; Paleoecology; Parasites; Parasitology)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; no interspecific interactions; 15.)
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; 19, 21.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x * 1978 Anderson & Birtles (Queensland; behavior & ecology; 1-23.)
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; feces; 10-11, 16-17.)
Food Plants: Zostera capricornis
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles ("Z. capricorni"; Queensland; 19.)
Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
  x 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; facing current, 13; flippers not used on bottom, 19-20.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x * 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; movements with tide; 8-9, 19.)
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x * 1978 Anderson & Birtles (DD; Queensland; surfacing modes & diving times; 6-8, 10-11, 13, 17-19.)

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