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x Mitchell, Janet
  1981
The coincidence between a distinct accessory groove in young dugong teeth and a tropical cyclone.
Biol. Conserv. 20(2): 99-109. 1 tab. 3 figs. June 1981.
–Analyzes the annual layers in the tusks of 4 young Queensland dugongs, discusses the formation and identification of neonatal lines and other types of layering, and shows that a growth disturbance coincided with a cyclone in January 1965.

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Age Determination
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x  1981Mitchell, J. (DD; Queensland; growth layers in tusks; 99-109.)
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x  1981Mitchell, J. (DD; Queensland; age determination; 99-109.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
x  1981Mitchell, J. (DD; Queensland; age determination; 99-109.)
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x  1981Mitchell, J. (DD; Queensland; growth layers in tusks; 99-109.)