Marine Research in Indonesia
Vol 19 (1977)

ECOLOGY OF THE DUGONG AND ITS MANAGEMENT

Nishiwaki, Masaharu (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 May 2018

Abstract

Today, many people know that the mythical mermaids of legendal stories originated from the animals belonged to the order Sirenia. Sirenians can be devided into two groups, manatees of the Atlantic coasts and the dugong of the IndoPacific area. Table I shows the present living species belong to the order Sirenia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MRI

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Description

MARINE RESEARCH IN INDONESIA (MRI) has been published since 1956 by Indonesia's oldest marine research institute, the Research Center for Oceanography of LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences). MRI focuses on physical, chemical, biological, geological oceanographic as well as coastal management ...