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- Nonetheless, with morphological and physiological limitations to their thermoregulatory capacity similar to those of manatees, dugongs are also likely to have developed behavioural adaptations to cope with winter water temperatures at the higher latitude limits to their range.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098118301527Evidence of behavioural thermoregulation by dugongs at the ...
Nov 1, 2018 · Nonetheless, with morphological and physiological limitations to their thermoregulatory capacity similar to those of manatees, dugongs are also likely to have developed behavioural adaptations to cope with winter water temperatures at the higher latitude limits to their range.
- Daniel R. Zeh, Daniel R. Zeh, Michelle R. Heupel, Michelle R. Heupel, Mark Hamann, Rhondda Jones, Co...
- 2018
May 10, 2022 · Climate change stressors are already affecting the subtropical and tropical coastal, estuarine, and riverine habitats of the dugong and the three species of manatee. These stressors are likely to increase over the coming decades, especially if the higher greenhouse gas emission scenarios eventuate (IPCC 2019).
- Helene Marsh
The dugongs' individual activity spaces generally declined as winter progressed suggesting a change in the cost-effectiveness of moving outside the bay. Our analysis adds to the evidence that dugongs undertake behavioural thermoregulation at least at the high latitude limits of their range.
May 10, 2022 · Temperature: the Florida manatee and some dugong populations live at the cooler latitudinal ends of the present range of the extant Sirenia, where water temperatures can plummet below the animals’ thermoregulatory capabilities during winter.
May 1, 2022 · Due to their limited thermoregulatory physiology for coping with "cold" waters (i.e., below ̴ 18 °C), Preen (2004) suggested that low water temperatures during winter could be a limitation for...
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
Mar 5, 2024 · For example, manatees in Florida respond to cold water temperatures by seasonal migrations and local movements between warm-water springs and industrial warm-water sources during winter (Laist and Reynolds 2005b; Deutsch et al. 2006). Several evidences, including our study, show that dugongs undertake, to some extent, a similar behaviour.
