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 Marsh, Helene D.; Channells, Peter W.; Heinsohn, George Edwin; Morrissey, Janice (detail)
   
1982
Analysis of stomach contents of dugongs from Queensland.
Austral. Wildl. Res. 9(1): 55-67. 3 tabs. 4 figs.
–Abstr.: Marsh (1981c). Stomach contents of 96 dugongs confirmed that the diet consists almost entirely of seagrasses of all available genera, and probably reflects the generic composition of the beds where the animals were captured. Rhizomes were present in all stomachs, including that of a neonatal calf. Non-epiphytic algae were found in 51% of stomachs, but in small amounts. Also discusses the effects of cyclones on dugong feeding areas and diet, and the dietary importance of seagrass rhizomes vs. leaves and stems.

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Australia
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (DD; Queensland; stomach contents; 55-67.)
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (DD; Australia; food choice, 61-65; ?non-use of tusks, 65.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; stomach contents; 55-67.)
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 * 1982 Marsh et al. (DD; Queensland; stomach contents; algae, seagrasses; 55-67.)
Food Plants: Cymodocea
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58-64.)
Food Plants: Enhalus acoroides
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58-59, 65.)
Food Plants: Halodule
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58-65.)
Food Plants: Halophila
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58-65.)
Food Plants: Syringodium isoetifolium
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58.)
Food Plants: Thalassia
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58-61.)
Food Plants: Thalassodendron
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; "probably eaten"; m61.)
Food Plants: Zostera
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (Queensland; 58-59, 63.)
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
  x 1982 Marsh et al. (DD; condition of stomach contents; tooth size; 59, 64.)

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