Nutrient and energy consumption of captive mature dugong (Dugong dugon) consuming eelgrass at the Toba Aquarium

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Goto, Masakazu ^a   Watanabe, Asako ^a   Karita, Shuichi ^a   Tokita, Norio ^b   Yamamoto, Yasunari ^c   Wakaki, Yoshihito ^d   Asano, Shiro ^d   Oka, Yukari ^d   Furuta, Masami ^d  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Science and Technology   (Japan)

^d Toba Aquarium ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption rate; Digestive efficiency; Dugong; Dugong dugong; Eelgrass; Energy

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SIRENIAN;

ANIMALIA; DUGONG DUGON; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 52249122013     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240802284445     Document Type: Article

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