Bibliography Record

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Hurst, Lawrence A.; Beck, Cathy A. (detail)
   
1988
Microhistological characteristics of selected aquatic plants of Florida with techniques for the study of manatee food habits.
U.S. Fish & Wildl. Service Biol. Rept. 88(18): xii + 145. 6 tabs. 93 figs. Sept. 1988.
–Describes microhistological characters of 83 taxa of plants found in manatee habitat in Florida (but does not indicate which are known to be eaten by manatees); provides identification keys and sample data sheets; and details procedures for collecting, processing, and analyzing samples of manatee ingesta and for preparing and photographing reference slides of plants. Includes a glossary and an index.

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  x 1988 Hurst & Beck (TML; dietary analysis techniques; 1-145.)

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(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 * 1988 Hurst & Beck (TML; Florida; dietary analysis techniques; i-xii, 1-145.)

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  x 1988 Hurst & Beck (Florida; techniques for dietary analysis; 1, 114-115.)


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