Establishing a mark-recapture program for dugongs in Moreton Bay, south-east Queensland

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Lanyon, Janet M ^a   Sneath, Helen L ^a   Kirkwood, John M ^b   Slade, Rob W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Southern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

D. dugon; Dugong; Marine mammals; Mark recapture; Population dynamics; Tagging

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044220405     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM02051     Document Type: Article

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