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Preen, Anthony R.
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1989a |
The status and conservation of dugongs in the Arabian region.
MEPA Coastal & Marine Management Series (Meteorological & Environmental Protection Administration, Saudi Arabia), Rept. No. 10, Vol. 1: xix + 200. 33 tabs. 34 figs. 18 photos. 11 appendices. Jan. 1989.
–Arabic summ. Vol. 2: Preen et al. (1989). Describes the environments of the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea; describes the methods and results of aerial surveys, interview surveys, carcass salvage, radiotracking, and seagrass surveys undertaken on both coasts of Saudi Arabia and adjacent countries; presents measurements of skulls from the Arabian Gulf and compares them with Indian and Australian samples, concluding that the Gulf population may be genetically isolated; discusses the traditional significance, present distribution and abundance, and environmental determinants of status and biology of dugongs in the Arabian region; and outlines human-related threats to dugongs in the region. Dugongs are no longer hunted, but are frequently taken in gill nets and other fishing gear, and are seriously threatened by oil pollution and habitat destruction. The estimated Arabian Gulf population is 7310 ± 1300, making this the most important dugong area known outside Australia. Dugongs occur mainly in the southern and western Gulf, and are probably limited in distribution by low winter temperatures. The estimated Red Sea population is up to 4000 (both coasts), with a patchy distribution. The estimated sustainable mortality may suffice to accommodate the accidental catch in the region, but active conservation is still needed.
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Related Index Records (21)
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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; oil spill, 6, 51, 53, 69, 83, 90, 119; ?red tide, 43, 55; gill nets, 47-53, 96-100, 127-130, 134; trawlers, 100, 128-129.) |
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Aerial Surveys of Distribution
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; 18-24, 27-32, 36-47, 57-66, 75-81, 94-96, 100-112, 115-119, 156-162, 176-200.) |
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Age Determination
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Embryology & Ontogeny; Growth Rates; Population Biology)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; growth layers in tusks; 54, 86.) |
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Asia
(SEE ALSO: Arctic Region; Bering Sea; China; East Indies; Indian Ocean; India; Japan; Red Sea; Russia; Sakhalin; Sri Lanka; Taiwan)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; status & conservation; 1-200.) |
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Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; group sizes; 42-46, 50-51, 58-60, 63, 75-78, 81, 84-86, 94-97, 101-102, 110-112, 181-183, 193-194, 200.) |
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Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; rhizivory ?limited to soft sediments; 120-121.) |
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Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; seasonality & calving areas; 53-54, 119.) |
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Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; 1-200.) |
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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
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1989a |
Preen, A. (Arabian region; status & conservation; 1-200.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; meat, 47-52, 66, 96-100, 114-115; oil, hide, 51, 97, 99, 114; tusks, 51; marrow, 114.) |
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Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; catching by hand & killing with clubs, 47, 50, 114; drowning with cement blocks, 50; capture for tagging, 56, 87-88; metal hooks & harpoons, 96-97, 114; nets, 99, 114.) |
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Individual Variation
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; skulls; 54-55, 70-71.) |
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Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; oil, bones, meat, blood; 97-98, 114-115.) |
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Pollution, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; oil, 6, 51, 53, 69, 83, 90, 119, 122-125; other pollutants, 125-126.) |
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Population Biology
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution; Age Determination; Birth and Breeding)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; estimated sustainable mortality; 129-130, 134.) |
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Red Sea
(SEE ALSO: Africa; Asia)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; status & conservation; 1-13, 17-18, 30-31, 36-40, 57, 59-60, 94-115, 117-118, 121-122, 128-131, 133-134, 136-137, 176, 195-200.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; tusks used in sword handles, 51, 114; meat ?prohibited to Shia Muslims, 52; genitals of captured dugongs kept covered, 97, 99; ritual slaughter & acceptability to Muslims as food, 99, 115.) |
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Salinity Tolerance
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; 118, 121, 127.) |
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Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian Gulf; skull measurements; 54, 70-71, 172-174.) |
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Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; 119-121.) |
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Vernacular Names
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1989a |
Preen, A. (DD; Arabian region; al jild, taweelah, bugarah al bahr, arus al bahr; 97, 114.) |
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