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Northern Territory Marine Megafauna Strandings January 2016 - December 2016

Details:

Title

Northern Territory Marine Megafauna Strandings January 2016 - December 2016

Creator

Whitehead, Catherine A.; Griffiths, Anthony D.; Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Flora and Fauna Division. Marine Ecosystems

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2017

Description

"This report summarises marine megafauna (cetaceans, dugongs and marine turtles) strandings throughout the Northern Territory (NT), from January 2016 to December 2016. Stranding records were obtained from a range of sources, including direct reports to Marine WildWatch, Aboriginal sea ranger groups and other organisations (Australian Border Forces, Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Northern Prawn Fishery Industry and NT Fisheries)." - Executive summary

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Table of contents

Executive summary -- Introduction: Background - NT Marine WildWatch program -- Approach -- Results: Dugongs - Dolphins - Marine turtles -- Discussion: Marine debris -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendices 1-8

Language

English

Subject

Cetacea; Marine mammals; Fish strandings; Whales; Dolphins

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Palmerston

Format

vi, 45 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf

ISBN

9781743500996

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/278386

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/278386

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