Dugong | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Learn about the dugong, a marine mammal cousin of the manatee that grazes on sea grasses in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Find out why it is vulnerable to extinction and how WWF works to protect it and its habitat.
Dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters, study finds
2022年8月24日 · The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China’s southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday.
Lessons from extinctions of dugong populations | Science - AAAS
2022年10月13日 · These extinctions provide crucial lessons for ongoing and future conservation of surviving dugong populations and other marine megafauna. Extirpated dugong populations were lost through deliberate hunting, accidental bycatch, and destruction of their seagrass habitat (2 …
Functional extinction of dugongs in China | Royal Society Open …
2022年8月24日 · Based on these findings, we are forced to conclude that dugongs have experienced rapid population collapse during recent decades and are now functionally extinct in China. Our study provides evidence of a new regional loss of a charismatic marine megafaunal species, and the first reported functional extinction of a large vertebrate in Chinese ...
Human activity devastating marine species from mammals to …
2022年12月9日 · The IUCN Red List update reveals that over 1,550 marine animals and plants are at risk of extinction, with climate change, pollution, disease and overfishing as the main drivers. Dugongs, abalones and pillar corals are among the species facing critical threats from human activities in the ocean.
Dugongs Are ‘Functionally Extinct’ in China, Research Suggests
2022年8月25日 · Dugongs, large marine mammals related to manatees, have disappeared from Chinese waters since 2000, according to a new study. Hunting, habitat loss, ship collisions and other threats have driven...
The Dugong ‘Sea Cow’ Has Vanished from China’s Waters, Study …
2022年8月26日 · A new study suggests that the dugong has become the first large vertebrate to go functionally extinct in China’s coastal waters, the result of a rapid population collapse there that began in...
Trajectory to local extinction of an isolated dugong ... - Nature
2022年4月12日 · In this study, we reconstruct the declining history of a small, isolated population of dugongs in Okinawa for over 125 years. The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal inhabiting tropical...
Functional extinction of dugongs in China - ResearchGate
2022年8月24日 · Our study provides evidence of a new regional loss of a charismatic marine megafaunal species, and the first reported functional extinction of a large vertebrate in Chinese marine waters. This...
Dugong: Animal that inspired mermaid tales extinct in China
2022年8月23日 · Researchers have declared a mammal related to the manatee - said to have inspired ancient tales of mermaids and sirens - extinct in China. Only three people surveyed from coastal communities in...