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Some observations on the sea cow, Dugong dugon from the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay during 1971-1975

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Title Some observations on the sea cow, Dugong dugon from the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay during 1971-1975
 
Creator Lal Mohan, R S
 
Subject Marine Mammals
 
Description Sex ratio of the mature male and female dugongs was about 1 :1 and that of younger size groups was 0.6 : 1.0. The size distribution varies from year to year. The size groups
150-199 cm were dominant in all the years except during 1972. March, August and October were the months when most of the dugongs got entangled in the nets. Dugongs are found fairly in good numbers around the Islands Valai thivu and Musal thivu in the Gulf of Mannar and Devipattanam and Tondi in Palk Bay. Gulf of Mannar accounted for 76% of the dugongs. Large size dugongs were more common in Tondi (Palk Bay).
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1976
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1467/1/Lal_Mohan_392-397.pdf
Lal Mohan, R S (1976) Some observations on the sea cow, Dugong dugon from the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay during 1971-1975. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 18 (2). pp. 391-397.