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Mar 5, 2024 · A herd of 69 dugongs over the fore reef shelf outside of the lagoon in Cap Goulvain on 22 June 2011. A high proportion of animals were apparently basking at the surface. habitat regardless of the season, suggesting that, conditional on availability, dugongs select seagrass foraging habitats over. non-seagrass habitats.
May 10, 2022 · Provided high-quality forage is available, this flexibility should enable Florida manatees to modify their feeding behaviors in response to climate-induced changes to their habitats. However, their dependence on warm water refugia in winter will limit their ability to respond to loss of available forage (Sect. 8.4.1 above; Chaps.
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Feb 20, 2024 · February 20, 2024. Dugongs, also known as sea cows, are marine mammals that are heavily impacted by climate change. The rising temperatures and changing ocean conditions pose a significant threat to these gentle creatures. Additionally, the destruction of their habitat and the degradation of seagrass beds further exacerbate their vulnerability.
May 10, 2022 · Although dugongs appear to be slightly less sensitive to cold than manatees (reviewed in Marsh et al. 2011), a similar condition has been documented in dugongs during the winter season in southeast Queensland, Australia (Owen et al. 2013); however, conflicting etiological interpretations of putative cold-induced skin lesions in dugongs remain unresolved (Horgan et al. 2014; Owen et al. 2015).
Climate Change Affects Dugong Distribution and Habitat Availability. This hypothesis proposes that climate change-induced factors such as sea level rise, ocean temperature changes, and altered weather patterns could impact seagrass habitats and consequently influence dugong distribution. Research might focus on how dugongs
Jan 11, 2022 · In this study, the spatio-temporal habitat use dynamics of the vulnerable dugong (Dugong dugon) were modelled from 16 satellite-tagged individuals in the coral reef lagoonal ecosystems of New ...
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Jan 9, 2024 · As dugongs have been shown to play an important functional role in the growth, resilience, and dispersal of seagrass habitats 4,16,19,33, acquiring a better understanding of their diet variability ...
