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 Marsh, Helene D.; Rathbun, Galen B. (detail)
   
1990
Development and application of conventional and satellite radio tracking techniques for studying dugong movements and habitat use.
Austral. Wildl. Res. 17(1): 83-100. 4 tabs. 8 figs.
–Describes techniques used on, and data obtained from, 6 male dugongs radiotagged in North Queensland and tracked for 1-16 months. Their movement patterns were surprisingly similar to those of Florida manatees; all spent most of their time in relatively small and overlapping home ranges near inshore seagrass beds. Only one pubertal male undertook long-distance movements (>140 km in 2 days). Another dugong repeatedly travelled 10 km up a tidal creek. Concludes that conventional transmitters are better for behavioral observations, but satellite transmitters are better for tracking movements.

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Australia
  x 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (DD; Queensland; radio & satellite tracking; 83-100.)
Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
  x 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (DD; Queensland; activity cycles; 91-93.)
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (DD; Queensland; learned wariness of power boats; 91, 95, 98.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x * 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (Queensland; radio & satellite tracking; 83-100.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x * 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (DD; Queensland; radio & satellite tracking; 86-98.)
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (DD; Queensland; breathing intervals; 92.)
Tagging Methods and Recognition
  x * 1990 Marsh & Rathbun (DD; Queensland; radio & satellite tracking; 83-100.)

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