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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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Oct 2, 2023 · A new report published by James Cook University (JCU) indicates a decline in the dugong population of the Great barrier Reef since 2005. The report, ‘2022 Dugong Aerial Survey: Mission Beach to Moreton Bay’ analyses the results of a series of aerial surveys led by Dr Chris Cleguer, dugong researcher at James Cook University’s TropWATER and long-standing member of the CMS Dugong MOU ...
Dec 9, 2022 · 9 December 2022. Share. close panel. Share page. ... There are still dugongs living in the waters off around 40 countries. Australia has the world's largest population of dugongs today, largely ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Hervey Bay, located south of the Great Barrier Reef, showed the most significant estimated rate of population decline at 5.7% per year between 2005 and 2022. These findings are linked to back-to-back flood events in early 2022, resulting in extensive seagrass loss and depriving dugongs of their primary food source.
Jun 14, 2024 · 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 renowned global status as the host of the world's ...
Dec 9, 2022 · Dugong, Monarch Butterfly Among 700 New Species Facing Extinction, Added to Endangered List ... 2022 • Updated on December 9, 2022 at 1:32 pm. ... and now populations in East Africa have entered ...
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Nov 2, 2022 · James Cook University scientists are in the air this week kicking off a critical Queensland-wide dugong population survey – counting dugongs along 2000 kilometres of coastline in under two months. Like a census, the surveys are conducted over an intense period every five years to get a snapshot of dugongs and calves’ populations, from Cape York to Moreton Bay.
