First record of a dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) in Fiji

Hill-Lewenilovo, Renee and Vuiyasawa, Roko and Piovano, Susanna (2019) First record of a dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) in Fiji. CSIRO Publishing.

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Abstract

We report the first record of a dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) in Fiji. The dugong, probably a vagrant, was found dead on 20 May 2018 at more than 600 km from the nearest known dugong population, which is in Vanuatu. The dugong, a 2-m-long female, was 13 years old.

Item Type:	Other
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Marine Studies
Depositing User:	Fulori Nainoca - Waqairagata
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2020 03:16
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2020 03:16
URI:	http://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12178

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