Bibliography Record

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Estes, James A.; Steinberg, Peter D. (detail)
   
1988
Predation, herbivory, and kelp evolution.
Paleobiology 14(1): 19-36. 1 tab. 1 fig. Winter 1988.
–Briefly reviews the history of North Pacific sirs. and desmostylians, arguing that the Late Miocene appearance of sirs. adapted to kelp-eating supports the hypothesis that kelps did not become abundant or diverse until that time (21-22). See also Domning (1989a).

Related Index Records (7)

Dioplotherium Cope, 1883
  x 1988 Estes & Steinberg (?feeding on North Pacific seagrasses; 21.)

Dusisiren dewana Takahashi, Domning, and Saito, 1986
  x 1988 Estes & Steinberg (evolution & feeding on kelp; 22.)

Dusisiren jordani (Kellogg, 1925) Domning, 1978
  x 1988 Estes & Steinberg (m21-22.)

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 D 1988 Estes & Steinberg (North Pacific sirs. & desmostylians & evolution of kelp; 21-22.)

Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
  x 1988 Estes & Steinberg (evolution & availability of kelp; 21-22.)

Pacific Ocean
(SEE ALSO: East Indies; Palau; circumpacific regions)
  x D 1988 Estes & Steinberg (sirs. & desmostylians; North Pacific; evolution of kelp; 21-22.)

Paleoecology and Taphonomy
  x D 1988 Estes & Steinberg (sirs. & desmostylians; North Pacific; evolution of kelp; 21-22.)


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