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Movement Patterns and Habitat usage of Shark Bay Dugongs.

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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In order to define small and large scale spatial and temporal individual movement patterns of dugongs (Dugong dugon) within the Shark Bay World Heritage Property (SBWHP) a total of 19 dugongs were fitted with remote location recordig and tranmitting devices. Combined locations from all units totalled over 10,000 locations. This spatial and temporal data was used to define movement patterns of dugongs within Shark Bay as well as areas of high use deemed to be indicative of foraging activity. Platform Transmitting Terminals (PTT's) using the ARGOS location collection system tracked animals over large temporatl scales with 4 animals tracked up to periods of 11 months. Using these instruments it was possible accurately define a previously identified large-scale seasonal movement pattern within the confines of Shark Bay. These four animals showed distinct seasonal home ranges defined by changes in Sea Surface Temperature.

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Field Value
Title Movement Patterns and Habitat usage of Shark Bay Dugongs.
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/91155246-daa4-46d5-82fc-f73c5bcef39d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
d.holley@ecu.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2002 - 01/01/2006
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
        112.9,
        -26.75
      ],
      [
        114.25,
        -26.75
      ],
      [
        114.25,
        -24.75
      ],
      [
        112.9,
        -24.75
      ],
      [
        112.9,
        -26.75
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Movement Patterns and Habitat usage of Shark Bay Dugongs.". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/movement-patterns-and-habitat-usage-of-shark-bay-dugongs