Bibliography Record

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 Marsh, Helene D.; Gardner, Blair R.; Heinsohn, George Edwin (detail)
   
1981
Present-day hunting and distribution of dugongs in the Wellesley Islands (Queensland): implications for conservation.
Biol. Conserv. 19(4): 255-267. 2 tabs. 4 figs. Apr. 1981.
–Describes present hunting techniques using harpoons and outboard motors, and the results of aerial surveys of the Wellesley Islands area. Peak hunting activity coincides with seasonal movements of dugongs; 374 animals were counted, of which about 40 are taken each year. Hunting is now easier and less dangerous, but some sociological factors discourage it, and some hunters try to avoid taking pregnant females.

Related Index Records (11)

Aerial Surveys of Distribution
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Wellesley Islands, Australia; 261-264.)
Australia
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Wellesley Islands, Queensland; hunting & conservation; 255-267.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Wellesley Islands, Queensland; 263-265.)
Behavior, Epimeletic
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Australia; males on outside of herd; 265.)
Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Wellesley Islands, Australia; 261, 264-266.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (Wellesley Islands, Queensland; hunting & conservation; 255-267.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x * 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Wellesley Islands, Queensland; harpoons, lassos; 255-267.)
Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; swimming speed 10-12 knots; 259.)
Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Australia; oil; 260.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; Wellesley Islands, Queensland; seasonal movements; 261-264.)
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1981 Marsh et al. (DD; pregnant females surface & sink at steeper angles; 261, 265.)

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