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Table 11.1 Food items described for West Indian manatee in South America
Country
Region
Food itens
Method
Source
Colombia
Puerto Carreño,
Vichada
Paspalum sp.,
Paspalum
fasciculatum,
Paspalum repens,
Alchornea
castanaeifolia,
Eichhornia crassipes,
Ceratopteris
thalictroides,
Mikonia sp.
Indirect
evidence and
interviews
Gómez-Camelo
et al. (2004)
Puerto Carreño,
Vichada
Paspalum repens and
P. fasciculatum
Interviews,
indirect
evidence
CastelblancoMartínez (2004)
Brazo de Loba and
Panceguita,
Magdalena ríver
Eichhornia sp. and
Paspalum spp.
Interviews,
indirect
evidence
AguilarRodríguez et al.
(2004)
Ciénaga de
Paredes, caño
Peruétano
Paspalum
fasciculatum, P.
repens and
Polygonum
ferrugimeum
Interviews,
indirect
evidence
CastelblancoMartínez (2004)
Venezuela
Llano Venezoelano Eichhornia sp.
Linares (1998)
Lower Orinoco
Paspalum repens and
Eichhornia crassipes
Indirect
evidence
Rívas-Rodríguez
et al. (2012)
Centroocidental
and southwestern
Maracaibo lake
Eichhornia sp. and
Pistia stratioides
Interviews
MontielVillalobos and
Barrios-Garrido
(2005)
Northwestern
Maracaibo Lake
Rhizophora mangle,
Avicennia germinans,
Balanus balanoides
Interviews
MontielVillalobos and
Barrios-Garrido
(2005)
Orinoco Delta
Paspalum repens,
Eichhornia crassipes,
Eichhornia azurea,
Pistia stratiotes,
Hydrocotile
umbellata, Ludwigia
helminthorrhiza,
Limnobium
laevigatum
Interviews
Rodulfo (2012)
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