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Turtle and dugong conservation strategy for the Great Barrier Reef: issues paper for public comment [PDF]
, 1994 The present Strategy has been prepared to promote broad-reaching conservation of dugong and marine turtle populations in the Great Barrier Reef Region. Similar conservation and management issues exist in other parts of these species' ranges, within and
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Mammal Review, Volume 55, Issue 2, April 2025.This review identifies key causes of morbidity and mortality in Southern Hemisphere small Odontoceti, highlighting significant anthropogenic threats and the enhanced need for conservation strategies. Key findings include high rates of entanglements and a diverse range of infectious pathogens. Abstract Marine mammals serve as sentinels for environmental
Rebecca Souter +3 more
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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 41, Issue 2, April 2025.Abstract Deterioration of seagrass beds worldwide has raised concern about the future of dugongs because almost all aspects of their life history depend on availability of seagrass. Understanding their energy metabolism and consequently how much seagrass they need will inform protective conservation strategies for dugongs. This study determined resting
Janet M. Lanyon +5 more
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Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases in Manatees in Brazil [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) are the two species of manatees that occur in Brazil, and both are endangered.
Attademo, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer +3 more
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Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 120-131, April 2024.Through four tableaux, this article explores the historical efforts of the Siekopai (Secoya) people to claim territorial rights over Pëekë'ya—an area of black water lagoons and flooded forests on the border between Peru and Ecuador—and unfolds their various enactments of land through performative acts of contestation and collaboration.
Stine Krøijer
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Dentes supranumerários em Necromys lasiurus (Rodentia, Cricetidae): primeiro registro em Sigmodontinae [PDF]
, 2014 There are several kinds of anomalies related to the teeth reported in mammals, and one of them is known as supernumerary teeth and is commonly noticed in the literature, being reported in nearly all orders of mammals.
Reis Percequillo, Alexandre +1 more
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The Utilization of Aquatic Bushmeat from Small Cetaceans and Manatees in South America and West Africa [PDF]
, 2016 Aquatic bushmeat can be defined as the products derived from wild aquatic megafauna (e.g., marine mammals) that are used for human consumption and non-food purposes, including traditional medicine.
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, 2008 https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_currents/1009/thumbnail ...
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Review of lobomycosis and lobomycosis-like disease (LLD) in Cetacea from South America. Scientific Committee document SC/60/DW13, International Whaling Commission, June 2008, Santiago, Chile [PDF]
, 2008 Caused by a yeast-like organism known as Lacazia loboi, Lobomycosis (or lacaziosis) naturally affects humans, common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) inhabiting coastal waters from southern Brazil to Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coast of Florida ...
Crespo, E.A. +15 more
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