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 Bengtson, John L. (detail)
   
1983
Estimating food consumption of free-ranging manatees in Florida.
Jour. Wildl. Manage. 47(4): 1186-1192. 3 tabs. 1 fig.
–A study, partly experimental, of chewing rate and food consumption at Blue Spring and the St. Johns River indicated an estimated consumption rate of 108 g/min and 4-9% of body weight per day. The highest rates were observed just before winter.

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Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (TM; food consumption in wild; experiments; 1190-1191.)
Florida
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; Blue Spring; food consumption in wild; 1186-1192.)
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.)
  x * 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; St. Johns R., Florida; food consumption in wild; 1186-1192.)
Food Plants: Ceratophyllum demersum
(Ceratophyllaceae)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1191.)
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
(Pontederiaceae)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1187.)
Food Plants: Najas guadalupensis
(Najadaceae)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1191.)
Food Plants: Panicum purpurascens
(Gramineae)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1191.)
Food Plants: Pistia stratiotes
(Araceae)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1187.)
Food Plants: Vallisneria americana
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; 1187.)
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
  x 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; chewing rate & food consumption; 1187-1191.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x * 1983 Bengtson, J.L. (Florida; food consumption in wild; 1186-1192.)

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