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Oil spills are a danger to dugongs in some areas, as is land reclamation. In Okinawa , the small dugong population is threatened by United States military activity. Plans exist to build a military base close to the Henoko reef, and military activity also adds the threats of noise pollution, chemical pollution, soil erosion, and exposure to depleted uranium . [ 13 ]
Ecology and Conservation of the Dugong 6 3.1 Habitat Loss and Degradation Seagrass ecosystems are very sensitive to human influence (Poiner & Peterken, 1996). Seagrass beds may be destroyed directly by trawling and mining, or lost through the effects of disturbances such as dredging, inland and coastal clearing, land reclamation
Aug 9, 2019 · Dugongs and their habitats—coastal waters in limited areas of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans—are threatened by environmental pollution, fishing, habitat destruction, and coastal economic development, putting the species at risk of extinction (3 – 6). Environmental degradation and human activities affect dugongs throughout their ...
- Bo Li, Danlian Huang, Guangming Zeng, Min Cheng, Cui Lai, Chen Zhang, Piao Xu, Wenjing Xue, Xiaohong...
- 2019
Apr 1, 2017 · Seagrass habitat degradation due to land reclamation and pollution from palm oil plantation, artisanal fisheries, and hunting are some of the pounding pressures on dugong population in Malaysia [3]. A very few studies have been conducted on dugong's habitat characteristics [9] , population, and threats and conservation issues [1] , [3] , [10] , [11] in Malaysian coastal waters.
- Mazlan Hashim, Shuhei Ito, Shinya Numata, Tetsuro Hosaka, Mohamad S. Hossain, Syarifuddin Misbari, N...
- 2017
Sep 19, 2022 · We study how these activities impact dugong (Dugong dugon) population (s) along hyper-urbanized coastlines of the Johor and Singapore Straits through literature reviews and field surveys. Our review recovered sixty-nine live observations and carcass observations of dugongs between 1820 and 2021.
Jul 9, 2014 · Marine organisms such as the dugong, which is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is also threatened by coastal reclamation. Habitat fragmentation ...
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the dugong and its seagrass habitat in the region The data collated were not suitable for statistical is the first and most important step to be consid- analysis. Quantitative data (e.g., data on the abun-ered. This systematic review aims to gather the dance of dugongs) were tabulated, and data on the
