The diet of the manatee (Trichechus Manatus) in Puerto Rico

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 394-397

  Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a   Beck, Cathy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031967588     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00733.x     Document Type: Article

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