Rocky reefs provide foraging habitat for dugongs in the darwin region of northern Australia

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Whiting, Scott D ^a,b  

^a Biomarine International   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Diet; Dugong dugon; Northern Territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149089546     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM02147     Document Type: Article

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