Bibliography for DUGONGIDAE

• ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study.
• Anderson, P.K. 1981. The behaviour of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in relation to conservation and management. Bulletin of Marine Science 31: 640-647
• Anderson, P.K. 1986. Dugongs of Shark Bay, Australia - seasonal migration, water, and forage. National Geographic Research 2: 473-490
• Anderson, P.K. 1994. Dugong distribution, the seagrass Halophila spinulosa, and thermal environment in winter in deeper waters of eastern Shark Bay, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 21: 381-388
• Anderson, P.K. 1997. Shark Bay dugongs in summer. I. Lek mating. Behaviour 134: 433-462
• Anderson, P.K. & Barclay, R.M.R. 1995. Acoustic signals of solitary dugongs: Physical characteristics and behavioural correlates. Journal of Mammalogy 76: 1226-1237
• Bayliss, P. 1986. Factors affecting aerial surveys of marine fauna, and their relationship to a census of dugongs in the coastal waters of the Northern Territory. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 27-37
• Bayliss, P. & Freeland, W.J. 1989. Seasonal distribution and abundance of dugongs in the western Gulf of Carpentaria. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 141-149
• Bryden, M., Marsh, H. & Shaughnessy, P. 1998. Dugong, Whales, Dolphins and Seals: A Guide to Sea Mammals of Australasia. Sydney : Allen & Unwin.
• Corbet, G.B. 1978. The Mammals of the Palaearctic Region: A taxonomic review. London & Ithaca : British Museum & Cornell Univ. Press 314 pp.
• Domning, D.P. 1991. Sexual and ontogenetic variation in the pelvic bones of Dugong dugon (Sirenia). Marine Mammal Science 7: 311-316
• Heinsohn, G.E. 1995. Dugong Dugong dugon. pp. 668-670 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122
• Kemper, C., Gibbs, P., Obendorf, D., Marvanek, S. & Lenghaus, C. 1994. A review of heavy metal and organochlorine levels in marine mammals in Australia. Science and the Total Environment 154: 129-139
• Lacépède, B.G.É. 1799. Tableau des divisions, sous-divisions, ordres et genres de mammifères. Avec l'indication de toutes les espèces décrites par Buffon, et leur distribution dans chacun des genres par F.M. Daudin. Quadrupèdes. pp. 144-195 in Buffon, G.L.L. (ed.). Histoire Naturelle. Paris : P. Didot l'Aîné et Firmin Didot 14 pp.
• Lanyon, J.M. & Marsh, H. 1995. Digesta passage times in dugong. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 119-127
• Marsh, H. 1989. Dugongidae. pp. 1030-1038 in Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds). Fauna of Australia. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1B 827 pp.
• Marsh, H., & Rathbun, G.B. 1990. The distribution and abundance of dugongs in the Great Barier Reef Marine Park south of Cape Bedford. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 83-100
• Marsh, H., Eros, C., Penrose, H. & Hugues, J. 2002. Dugong Status Report and Action Plans for Countries and Territories. UNEP Early Warning and Assessment Report Series 1. Cambridge : UNEP.
• Marsh, H., Harris, A.N.M. & Lawler, I.R. 1997. The sustainability of the indigenous dugong fishery in Torres Strait, Australia/Papua New Guinea. Conservation Biology 11: 1375-1386
• Marsh, H., Heinsohn, G.E. & Channells, P.W. 1984. Changes in the ovaries and uterus of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia: Dugongidae), with age and reproductive activity. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 743-766
• Marsh, H., Heinsohn, G.E. & Glover, T.D. 1984. Changes in the male reproductive organs of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia: Dugongidae) with age and reproductive activity. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 721-742
• Marsh, H., Heinsohn, G.E. & Marsh, L.H. 1984. Breeding cycles, life history and population dynamics of the dugong, Dugong dugon (Sirenia: Dugongidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 767-788
• Marsh, H., Prince, R.I.T., Saalfeld, W.K. & Shepherd, R. 1994. The distribution and abundance of the dugong in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 21: 149-161
• Marsh, H. (ed.) 1981. The Dugong. Proceedings of a seminar/workshop held at James Cook University of North Queensland, 8–13 May 1979. Queensland : James Cook Univ. vii 400 pp.
• Marsh, H. & Anderson, P.K. 1983. Probable susceptibility of dugongs to capture stress. Biological Conservation 25: 1-3
• Marsh, H. & Sinclair, D.F. 1989. An experimental evaluation of dugong and sea turtle survey techniques. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 639-650
• Marsh, H.E. 1989. Mass stranding of dugongs by a tropical cyclone in northern Australia. Marine Mammal Science 5: 78-83
• Marsh, H.E. & Saalfield, W.K. 1989. Distribution and abundance of dugongs in the northern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 429-440
• Müller, P.L.S. 1776. Des Ritters C. von Linné ... vollständiges Natursystem nach der zwölften Lateinischen Ausgabe und nach Anleitung des Holländischen Houttuynischen Werks, mit einer ausführlichen Erklarung ausgefertiget von P.L.S. Müller. Supplement. Nürnberg : Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe.
• Nishiwaki, M. & Marsh, H. 1985. Dugong Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776). pp. 1-31 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 3. The sirenians and baleen whales. London : Academic Press 362 pp.
• O'Shea, T.J. & Reep, R.L. 1990. Encephalization quotients and life-history traits in the Sirenia. Journal of Mammalogy 71: 534-543
• Owen, R. 1847. VI Notes on the characters of the skeleton of a Dugong. (Halicore australis), etc. in Jukes, J.B. Appendix Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842–1846. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2.
• Peterken, C.J. & Conacher, C.A. 1997. Seed germination and recolonisation of Zostera capricorni after grazing by dugongs. Aquatic Botany 59: 333-340
• Preen, A. 1989. Observations on mating behaviour in dugongs (Dugong dugon). Marine Mammal Science 5: 382-386
• Preen, A. 1995. Diet of dugongs: are they omnivores? Journal of Mammalogy 76: 163-171
• Preen, A. 1995. Impacts of dugong foraging on seagrass habitats: Observational and experimental evidence for cultivation grazing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 124: 201-213
• Preen, A. & Marsh, H. 1995. Response of dugongs to large scale loss of seagrass from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. Wildlife Research 22: 507-519
• Preen, A.R., Marsh, H., Lawler, I.R., Prince, R.I.T. & Shepherd, R. 1997. Distribution and abundance of dugongs, turtles, dolphins and other megafauna in Shark Bay, Ningaloo Reef and Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 24: 185-208
• Prince, R.I.T. 1986. Dugong in northern waters of Western Australia 1984. Technical Report No. 7. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia. 38 pp.
• Rowlatt, U. & Marsh, H. 1985. The heart of the dugong (Dugong dugon) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) (Sirenia). Journal of Morphology 186: 95-106

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