Distribution and abundance of dugongs in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-409

  Lanyon, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SIRENIAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DUGONG DUGON; HALOPHILA; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141763557     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98082     Document Type: Article

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