Articles on Dugongs

September 19, 2022

Dugongs and turtles are starving to death in Queensland seas – and La Niña’s floods are to blame

Kathy Ann Townsend, University of the Sunshine Coast

Floodwater carries dense clouds of sediment, choking the lush seagrass meadows on which these gentle grazers rely.

July 20, 2021

Jim Underwood, Australian Institute of Marine Science

Traditional ecological and cultural wisdom was embraced and valued, enhancing Western scientific knowledge of a beautiful, fragile marine area.

August 10, 2020

Lillian Daudi, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

Between 1986 and 2016, Kenya lost about 21 of its seagrasses.

Kathy Ann Townsend
Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
Lillian Daudi
Scientist, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Jim Underwood
Research Fellow and Indigenous Partnerships, Australian Institute of Marine Science