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x Heinsohn, George Edwin; Spain, Alister V.
  1974
Effects of a tropical cyclone on littoral and sub-littoral biotic communities and on a population of dugongs (Dugong dugon (Müller)).
Biol. Conserv. 6(2): 143-152. 2 tabs. 5 figs. Apr. 1974.
–Analyzes data on sex and age ratios of dugongs caught in shark nets before and after a cyclone; discusses an apparent increase in their movements, and a change in their feeding habits to include brown algae in addition to seagrasses.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x *1974Heinsohn & Spain (DD; Australia; nets; 146-152.)
Australia
x  1974Heinsohn & Spain (DD; Queensland; effects of cyclone; 143-152.)
x  1974Spain & Heinsohn (DD; skull allometry; 249.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
x  1974Heinsohn & Spain (DD; Queensland; shark net captures; 148.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
x *1974Heinsohn & Spain (Queensland; netting; sex & age ratios; effects of cyclone; 143-152.)
x  1974Spain & Heinsohn (Australia; cranial & mandibular allometry; 249-257.)
Embryology and Ontogeny
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Growth Rates; Teratology)
x  1974Spain & Heinsohn (DD; Queensland; cranial allometry; 249-257.)
Food Plants: Sargassum
x  1974Heinsohn & Spain (Queensland; after cyclone; 151.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x *1974Heinsohn & Spain (DD; Queensland; shark nets; 146-152.)
Individual Variation
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton)
x *1974Spain & Heinsohn (DD; Queensland; skull allometry; 249-257.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1974Heinsohn & Spain (DD; Queensland; after cyclone; 151.)
Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
x *1974Spain & Heinsohn (DD; cranial allometry; 249-257.)