Sentences with phrase «dugong populations»
The Great Barrier Reef is home to one of the world's largest dugong populations.
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Scott has recently taken up an adjunct research position at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University where he is currently: (i) investigating the importance of enhanced larval survival and strong «local» reef interconnectedness as a triggering agent for primary outbreaks of crown ‐ of ‐ thorns starfish on the central GBR, and (ii) assessing potential improvements in the health of coastal seagrass and dependent dugong populations due to targeted reductions in fine sediment loads from the GBR catchment.
Sediment, which can travel long distances, will kill seagrass, exacerbating the decline in dugong populations that feed on it.
A significant dugong population is supported by Magnetic Island's seagrass beds.
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The largest island, Koh Libong, has a population of endangered dugongs.