Detail

Bibliography Record


x Marsh, Helene D.
  1986a
The status of the dugong in Torres Strait. In: A. K. Haines, G. C. Williams & D. Coates (eds.), Torres Strait Fisheries Seminar, Port Moresby, 11-14 February 1985.
Canberra, Austral. Govt. Publ. Serv. (vii + 344): 53-76. 8 tabs. 4 figs.
–On the basis of an aerial survey, available life-history data, and available catch statistics, a population model is formulated that indicates that the Torres Strait dugong population has been seriously overexploited in the recent past, is insufficient to support the present catch level, and is in danger of extermination.

Related Index Records


10 related index terms

Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
  *1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Northern Terr., Australia; stranding by cyclone)
Aerial Surveys of Distribution
   1986Hudson & Marsh (DD; Torres Strait)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; 55-65.)
Australia
   1986Hudson & Marsh (DD; Torres Strait; aerial surveys)
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Northern Territory; stranding by cyclone)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; status; 53-76.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; group sizes; 62-63.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; reproductive parameters; 64-69.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (Australia; stranded by cyclone)
x *1986aMarsh, H. (Torres Strait; population model & status; 53-76.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x *1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; catch statistics; 53-55, 66, 69-73.)
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Australia; stranding by cyclone)
Papua New Guinea
(SEE ALSO: Ri)
x  1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; status; 53-76.)
Population Biology
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution; Age Determination; Birth and Breeding)
x *1986aMarsh, H. (DD; Torres Strait; population model; 64-73.)