Bibliography Record

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Odell, Daniel Keith (detail)
   
1981
Growth of a West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, born in captivity. In: R. L. Brownell, Jr., & K. Ralls (eds.), The West Indian manatee in Florida. Proceedings of a workshop held in Orlando, Florida 27-29 March 1978 (q.v.).
Tallahassee, Florida Dept. Nat. Res. (iv + 154): 131-140. 2 tabs. 4 figs.
–Describes the first 3 years of growth of Lorelei, the Miami Seaquarium's first captive-born manatee, and compares them with data on other captive manatee calves. Allometric growth equations are derived, and some observations on nursing and early consumption of solid food are included.

Related Index Records (7)

Behavior, Epimeletic
  x 1981 Odell, D.K. (TM; in capt.; nursing; 133.)

Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x 1981 Odell, D.K. (TM; Florida; in capt.; newborn calf; 131, 133.)

Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
  x 1981 Odell, D.K. (TM; Miami, Florida; in capt.; 131.)

Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1981 Odell, D.K. (TML; Florida; growth; 131-140.)

Growth Rates
  x * 1981 Odell, D.K. (TML; in capt., Miami; 131-140.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1981 Odell, D.K. (Florida; growth in capt.; 131-140.)

Urogenital System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
  x 1981 Odell, D.K. (TML; kidney & gonad weights; 54-56, 59, 61-63.)


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