Bibliography Record

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 Packard, Jane M. (detail)
   
1984a
Impact of manatees Trichechus manatus on seagrass communities in eastern Florida.
Acta Zool. Fennica 172: 21-22. 2 tabs.
–Documents the amount of seagrass biomass removed by manatee rooting and grazing; notes that manatee herbivory may maintain species diversity in seagrass beds.

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Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x 1984a Packard, J.M. (TM; rooting & grazing seagrasses; 21-22.)
Florida
  x 1984a Packard, J.M. (TML; impact on seagrass beds; 21-22.)
Food Plants: Halodule wrightii
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1984a Packard, J.M. (Florida; 21-22.)
Food Plants: Syringodium filiforme
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1984a Packard, J.M. (Florida; 21-22.)
Food Plants: Thalassia testudinum
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1984a Packard, J.M. (Florida; 21-22.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1984a Packard, J.M. (Florida; impact on seagrass beds; 21-22.)

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