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Nietschmann, Bernard (detail)
   
1984
Hunting and ecology of dugongs and green turtles, Torres Strait, Australia.
Natl. Geogr. Soc. Res. Rept. 17: 625-651. 5 tabs. 11 figs.
–Relatively non-detailed account of a year-long research visit to Mabuiag Is., with catch statistics and measurements on dugongs and turtles caught (1976-79), percentages of seagrass species found in dugong stomachs, lists of Islander terms for categories of dugongs and turtles, and other data on natural history and human ecology.

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Anatomy
(SEE ALSO: Brain and Nervous System; Circulatory System; Digestive System; Embryology; Endocrinology; Growth Rates; Histology; Myology; Pathology; Respiratory System; Skeleton; Urogenital System; and under species)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; external measurements; 634.)

Australia
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; hunting & ecology; 625-651.)

Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; responses to weather; 640.)

Community Ecology
(SEE ALSO: Food; Food Plants; Natural Enemies; Paleoecology; Parasites; Parasitology)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; competition with turtles; 632-637.)

Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (Torres Strait; hunting & ecology; 625-651.)

Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; meat; 645-648.)

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 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; list of food plants, including algae; 634-637, 639.)

Food Plants: Cymodocea
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (Torres Strait; 636-637.)

Food Plants: Enhalus acoroides
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (Torres Strait; 636-637.)

Food Plants: Halodule pinifolia
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. ("H. pirifolia"; Torres Strait; 636-637.)

Food Plants: Halophila
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (Torres Strait; 636-637.)

Food Plants: Thalassia hemprichii
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (Torres Strait; 636-637.)

Food Plants: Thalassodendron ciliatum
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (Torres Strait; 636-637.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x * 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; catch statistics, 1976-79; 641-647.)

Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; responses to tides & weather; 640.)

Sound Production
  x 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; 640.)

Vernacular Names
  x * 1984 Nietschmann, B. (DD; Torres Strait; Islander terms; 639, 642.)


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