The Status of the Dugong in the Southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

H Marsh, P Corkeron, I Lawler, A Preen
Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography & the Cooperative Research Centre for Ecologically Sustainable Development of the Great Barrier Reef
James Cook University of North Queensland
Queensland 4811

J Lanyon
Zoology Department
The University of Queensland
Queensland 4072

1996

1. COVER PAGE & VERSO [Adobe Acrobat Format 76.24KB]
2. CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 163.26KB]
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 305.49KB]
4. RECOMMENDATIONS [Adobe Acrobat Format 76.24KB]
5. INTRODUCTION [Adobe Acrobat Format 1759.97KB]
6. METHODS [Adobe Acrobat Format 76.24KB ]
   • Survey methodology
   • Correction factors
   • Analysis
7. RESULTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 1759.97KB]
   • Group size and Composition
   • Southern Great Barrier Reef Hervey Bay region
   • Population and density estimates
   • Southern Great Barrier Reef
   • Hervey Bay region Differences between surveys
   • Southern Great Barrier Reef
   • Hervey Bay
8. DISCUSSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 1759.97KB]
   • Significance of differences between surveys
   • Possible causes of the decline in dugong numbers..
   • Loss of seagrass due to coastal development..
   • Indigenous hunting Incidental catch by fishing operations
   • Options for management
   • Habitat protection
   • Indigenous hunting
   • Gill-netting
   • Priorities for research
   • Can we evaluate the relative impact of different threatening processes?
   • Habitat status
   • Gill-netting
   • Indigenous
   • Movements of
   • Conclusions
9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 1759.97KB]
10. REFERENCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 1759.97KB]
11. APPENDIX [Adobe Acrobat Format 948.46KB]
12. TABLES [Adobe Acrobat Format 258.00KB]
13. FIGURES [Adobe Acrobat Format 8643.52KB]

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