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Gallivan, G. James; Best, Robin Christopher (detail)
   
1986
The influence of feeding and fasting on the metabolic rate and ventilation of the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis).
Physiol. Zool. 59(5): 552-557. 3 tabs. 1 fig. Sept.-Oct. 1986.
–Measurements on captive manatees fed grass (Brachiaria) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia) showed no increase in metabolic rate after feeding (= specific dynamic action), probably due to the slow rate of food passage through the digestive tract. Two weeks of fasting did not reduce metabolic rate, again because much of the weight loss during the fast was attributable to emptying of the gut. Also notes differences in chewing rates correlated with body size and diet.

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Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1986 Gallivan & Best (TI; Manaus; feeding & metabolism; 552-557.)

Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
  x 1986 Gallivan & Best (TI; in capt.; 5-9-day passage rate; 554, 556.)

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 * 1986 Gallivan & Best (TI; feeding, fasting, & metabolic rate; 552-557.)

Food Plants: Brachiaria mutica
(Gramineae)
  x 1986 Gallivan & Best (Brazil; in capt.; 552-553.)

Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
(Pontederiaceae)
  x 1986 Gallivan & Best ("E. crassiceps"; Brazil; in capt.; 552-553.)

Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
  x 1986 Gallivan & Best (TI; chewing rate; 554-556.)

Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1986 Gallivan & Best (TI; feeding, metabolism, & ventilation; 552-557.)

Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x * 1986 Gallivan & Best (feeding, fasting, metabolism, ventilation; 552-557.)


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