Digesta passage rates in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-515

  Larkin, Iskande L V ^a   Fowler, Vivienne F ^b   Reep, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic herbivore; Fecal marker; Marine mammal; Mean retention time; Sirenia

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; POACEAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 38049050758     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20150     Document Type: Article

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