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Marsh, Helene D. (detail)
   
1989a
Mass stranding of dugongs by a tropical cyclone in northern Australia.
Mar. Mamm. Sci. 5(1): 78-84. 1 tab. 4 figs. Jan. 1989.
–Reports the stranding of at least 27 dugongs in the Northern Territory in 1984, of which 23 were rescued. Describes the condition, behavior, sex, and reproductive status of the stranded animals, and gives data on the age, reproductive status, stomach contents, and heavy metal status of 3 that were necropsied.

Related Index Records (9)

Australia
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (DD; Northern Territory; stranding by cyclone; 78-84.)

Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (DD; Australia; spinning & rolling when stranded; 79.)

Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (Australia; stranded by cyclone; 78-84.)

Food Plants: Halodule pinifolia
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (Australia; 82-83.)

Food Plants: Halodule uninervis
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (Australia; 82-83.)

Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (DD; Australia; rolling across mudflats; 79.)

Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (DD; Australia; stranding by cyclone; 78-84.)

Pollution, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (DD; Australia; heavy metals in tissues; 82.)

Sense Organs
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception; Brain and Nervous System; Digestive System; Skeleton; Sound Production)
  x 1989a Marsh, H. (dugong tears; 79.)


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