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NESP TWQ Project 3.2 - Improving historical estimates of abundance and distribution of dugongs and large green turtles in western and central Torres Strait, 2015-2016 (JCU)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This project will improve the accuracy of aerial survey estimates of the size and distribution of dugong and green turtle populations in western and central Torres Strait by: (1) collecting and analysing data on their movements and diving behaviour, and (2) estimating the proportion of turtles seen during aerial surveys that are the large female green turtles harvested by Indigenous hunters. These data will then be used to (re)estimate the size and distribution of the populations of dugongs and harvestable green turtles in Torres Strait by (re) analysing historical aerial survey data collected in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2013.

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Title NESP TWQ Project 3.2 - Improving historical estimates of abundance and distribution of dugongs and large green turtles in western and central Torres Strait, 2015-2016 (JCU)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/55af2fb6-e2f9-40c6-8765-13bd1bf01047
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
helene.marsh@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 01/07/2015 -
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "NESP TWQ Project 3.2 - Improving historical estimates of abundance and distribution of dugongs and large green turtles in western and central Torres Strait, 2015-2016 (JCU)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/nesp-twq-project-3-2-improving-historical-estimates-of-abundance-and-distribution-of-dugongs-an