Bibliography Record

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De Iongh, Hendrik Huibert; Bierhuizen, Barbara; Van Orden, Belinda (detail)
   
1997
Observations on the behaviour of the dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) from waters of the Lease Islands, eastern Indonesia.
Contributions to Zoology (Amsterdam) 67(1): 71-77. 2 tabs. 2 figs.
–French summ. Describes feeding behavior (including ?cultivation grazing of Halophila ovalis, foraging in rough water, making multiple feeding tracks per dive, and possibly eating lingulid brachiopods and Sipunculus sp.); diving times and behavior, including longer dives in deeper water (up to 10 m); and responses to boats and divers.

Related Index Records (8)

Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; ?cultivation grazing; 71-77.)

Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; responses to boats & divers; 75.)

Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; foraging in rough seas; 74-75.)

Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (Indonesia; behavior; 71-77.)

East Indies
(SEE ALSO: Asia; Australia; Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippine Islands)
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia, Lease Islands; behavior; 71-77.)

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 1997 De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; lingulid brachiopods & Sipunculus sp.; m74.)

Food Plants: Halophila ovalis
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (Indonesia; ?cultivation grazing; 71-77.)

Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1997 De Iongh et al. (DD; Indonesia; diving times & behavior; 74-76.)


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