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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. 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 27, 2023 · Lead dugong researcher, JCU TropWATER’s Dr Chris Cleguer said the report shows a clear declining trend since 2005, with an estimated annual population decline of 2.3% from Mission Beach to Bundaberg. “We observed a decline in overall dugong numbers, with the area of most concern being the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef from the ...
Sep 29, 2023 · There, researchers write, the population has dropped by about 5.7 percent per year since 2005. This statistic may be the result of two major floods in 2022 that destroyed seagrass habitats around ...
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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 ...
Dec 9, 2022 · There are still dugongs living in the waters off around 40 countries. Australia has the world's largest population of dugongs today, largely thanks to having a sparsely populated coast with lots ...
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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 ...
