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  Hughes, George R.
  1971
Preliminary report on the sea turtles and dugongs of Moçambique. [Referência preliminar às tartarugas marítimas e dugongues de Moçambique.]
Veterin. Moçambique (Lourenço Marques) 4(2): 45-62. 4 figs.
–Based on interviews with fishermen, discusses past and present dugong distribution in Mozambique and in the Maputa River, the need for enforcement of existing protective laws, and the need for sanctuaries (58-62).

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Aerial Surveys of Distribution
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; 299-300.)
Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; 299-301.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; 299-301.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; 301.)
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; 300-301.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (Mozambique; status; 299-301.)
Food Plants: Cymodocea ciliata
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (Mozambique; m300.)
Food Plants: Halodule uninervis
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland ("Holidule"; Mozambique; m300.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; nets; 300-301.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1971Hughes & Oxley-Oxland (DD; Mozambique; rainy-season abundance; 301.)