The Marine Vertabrate Ecology Research Group at University of Queensland researches dugongs.
Contributions will help with:
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Health checks for live wild dugongs
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Monitoring dugong population numbers along the developed Queensland coast
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Fieldwork to tag dugongs along the coast to examine movements, relatedness and population connectivity
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Laboratory analysis of dugong blood samples to check for heavy metals and organochlorine pollutants, infection, diseases and stress indicators
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Identification and monitoring of environmental threats to dugongs