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x Hughes, George R.; Oxley-Oxland, R.
  1971
A survey of dugong (Dugong dugon) in and around Antonio Enes, northern Moçambique.
Biol. Conserv. 3(4): 299-301. 3 figs. July 1971.
–Reports the results of a brief aerial survey (27 dugongs sighted) and an interview with a fisherman, together with measurements of one dugong. Comments on dugong habits and the construction and use of dugong nets; concludes that there is a substantial dugong population in the area and that hunting pressure is slight. The survey result was also mentioned by Hughes in South Afr. Assoc. Mar. Biol. Res. Bull. No. 9: 43, 1971.

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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.)