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- Australia is home to the world’s largest dugong population with more than 100,000 thought to live in the Torres Strait.
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.
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.
Sep 29, 2023 · Numbers of the manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs are steadily dropping in Australian waters around the Great Barrier Reef, per a new report based on 2022 aerial surveys. Among the...
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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.
Sep 27, 2023 · 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 Bundaberg. The Australian Marine Conservation Society says its important ...
Apr 2, 2016 · The Region is home to a globally significant population of dugongs recognised as contributing to the Reef’s outstanding universal value. Dugongs are also culturally significant to many coastal First Nations people in Australia 141 and are a cultural keystone species.
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Australia is home to the world's largest dugong population, with about 150,000 dugongs. Habitats for this marine mammal stretch across northern Australia from Moreton Bay through Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, the Gulf of Carpentaria, and Western Australia.
