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Domning, Daryl Paul (detail)
   
1980
Feeding position preference in manatees (Trichechus).
Jour. Mamm. 61(3): 544-547. 2 tabs. Aug. 20, 1980.
–Experiments comparing feeding behavior of captive T. inunguis and T. m. latirostris showed that both prefer to feed as low as possible in the water column. This is interpreted to mean that all sirs., due to their subterminal mouths and regardless of rostral deflection, find it more energetically efficient to feed lower in the water column. This in turn suggests a possible selective value for evolutionary changes in rostral deflection.

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Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x * 1980 Domning, D.P. (TI, TML; food position preference; experiments; 544-547.)

Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (TI, San Francisco & Manaus; TML, Florida; food position preference; 544-547.)

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 Domning, D.P. (TI, TML; in capt.; lettuce; food position preference; 544.)

Food Plants: Cabomba
(Cabombaceae)
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (TI; Brazil; in capt.; 544-545.)

Food Plants: Panicum
(Gramineae)
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (TI; Brazil; in capt.; 544.)

Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (TI calves; in capt., Manaus; floating; 544.)

Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (TI calves; pathological floating; m544.)

Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (food position preference; 544-547.)

Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
  x 1980 Domning, D.P. (food position preference; 544-547.)


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