
%0 Journal Article
%A de Iongh, HH 
%A Wenno, R 
%A Bierhuizen, B 
%A van Orden, B 
%T Aerial survey of the dugong (Dugong dugon Muller 1776) in coastal waters of the Lease Islands, East Inodonesia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1995/06/01
%V 46
%N 4
%P 759-761
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9950759
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9950759 
%X During December 1990 and August 1992, aerial surveys of dugongs were made along the coastlines of the Lease Islands in East Indonesia. The aerial surveys followed a strip transect covering the coastal shelf and totalled 3.5 h of observation. During the first survey, 17 dugongs were observed, one of which was a neonatal calf; during the second survey, 10 dugongs were seen but no neonates. The minimum population of dugongs was estimated to be between 22 and 37 animals. The population probably interacts with a larger unidentified reservoir of dugongs in the coastal waters of nearby Seram and Buru Islands. 
