Search results
Australia is home to the world’s largest dugong population with more than 100,000 thought to live in the Torres Strait. Dugongs diet consists almost entirely of seagrass. Dugongs can live for around 70 years, but they are slow to mature, with females reaching breeding age at around 10 years. Females only give birth to a single calf every 3-7 ...
Sep 29, 2023 · The researchers also found that the dugong population on Queensland’s eastern coast, between Mission Beach and Bundaberg, is declining about 2.3 percent annually, per the ABC. Earlier this ...
- Margaret Osborne
Sep 27, 2023 · The east coast dugong population has been in decline since 2005. The population is declining by an estimated 5.7 per cent per year in Hervey Bay and 2.3 per cent between Mission Beach and ...
Sep 27, 2023 · A new report from James Cook University (JCU) TropWATER reveals a long-term decline in dugong populations along the Great Barrier Reef, spanning from Mission Beach to Bundaberg, and Hervey Bay in the Great Sandy Strait. Aerial surveys conducted in 2022 confirm that this declining trend has persisted for almost two decades, despite Australia's ...
Sep 27, 2023 · A long-running program that monitors dugong numbers off Queensland has identified a clear, long-term decline over about half of the Great Barrier Reef. James Cook University researchers have carried out aerial surveys for the vulnerable species about every five years since the 1980s. Latest data, from flights in November, confirms a clear, long ...
Sep 27, 2023 · A new report from James Cook University (JCU) TropWATER reveals a long-term decline in dugong populations along the Great Barrier Reef, spanning from Mission Beach to Bundaberg, and Hervey Bay in the Great Sandy Strait. Aerial surveys conducted in 2022 confirm that this declining trend has persisted for almost two decades, despite Australia's ...
People also ask
Does the Great Barrier Reef have a dugong problem?
Is the dugong population declining in Queensland?
Is the dugong population declining in 2022?
Are dugongs endangered in Australia?
How long do dugongs live in Australia?
Are seagrass beds a threat to the dugong population?
Nov 1, 2022 · Posted Tue 1 Nov 2022 at 1:21am. Watch. 6m. Researchers are using a lightweight aircraft to survey dugongs amid concerns of population decline due to the recent floods. Trusted and independent ...
