Bibliography Record

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 Denton, G. R. W.; Marsh, Helene D.; Heinsohn, George Edwin; Burdon-Jones, C. (detail)
   
1980
The unusual metal status of the dugong Dugong dugon.
Marine Biology 57(3): 201-219. 6 tabs. 5 figs.
–Reports very high levels of iron and zinc found in dugong livers; levels of copper, cadmium, cobalt, and silver were also high in livers, and cadmium in kidneys; manganese concentrations were comparable to those in other marine mammals; nickel, lead, and chromium were not detected in any tissue. Concentrations of several metals varied with age of the dugongs. Seagrasses were probably the source of the iron, but anthropogenic pollution was not implicated.

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Australia
  x 1980 Denton et al. (DD; metal content of tissues; 201-219.)
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
  x 1980 Denton et al. (DD; metals & pigments in tissues; 201-219.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 1980 Denton et al. (Queensland; heavy metals in tissues; 201-219.)
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 1980 Denton et al. (DD; Queensland; metal content of seagrasses; 211-215.)
Food Plants: Enhalus acoroides
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  1980 Denton et al. (Australia; 215.x)
Histology
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
  x 1980 Denton et al. (DD; liver; haemosiderin deposits; 213-214.)
Integument
  x 1980 Denton et al. (DD; depigmented skin; 215.)
Pollution, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
  x * 1980 Denton et al. (DD; Queensland; heavy metal content of tissues; 201-219.)

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