(n.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia.
Example Sentences:
(1) In two of these, the eggs appeared to belong to a schistosome, or perhaps monogenean, species, and in the third, they were most likely from a monostome of dugongs.
(2) The previous government set a number of conditions on the development, to offset the impact on seagrasses, which are vital to the survival of dolphins, turtles and dugongs.
(3) Critics claim proposed expansion of coal and gas export terminals, such as at Townsville, and new major new export developments, such as Abbot Point, will hurt coral, turtles, dugongs and other wildlife through increased shipping and waste from dredging.
(4) More than 97 hectares of potential seagrass habitat, vital for animals such as turtles and dugongs, will suffer “permanent and irreversible loss” due to the dredging.
(5) Certain of our findings are consistent with previous observations in the literature on the brains of dugongs.
(6) There will also be an increase in shipping, which poses a risk to the reef and potential strikes to animals such as turtles and dugongs, and increased noise for whales to deal with.
(7) Sediment can smother seagrasses, which are the key food source of dugongs and sea turtles, and damage corals.
(8) "Then is it not inhumane to pose a threat to the habitat of the dugongs by destroying their feeding grounds?"
(9) The opposition environment spokesman, Greg Hunt, released the Coalition’s plan for the reef on Monday morning, promising a $40m “trust fund” with $2m being set aside for the Australian Crime Commission to investigate the illegal poaching and transportation of dugongs, turtles and their meat.
(10) An apron of broad mudflats and seagrass meadows supports thousands of marine turtles and dugongs.
(11) The VFA concentrations in the manatee are similar to those in the dugong, Dugong dugon, and the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.
(12) "There has been no attempt by federal or state governments to estimate the cost of losing the dugong population, nor any urgent action to ensure protection of the remaining sparse numbers."
(13) Worse, should this sediment be dumped within the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area, corals and seagrasses would be damaged, impacting animals such as dugongs and sea turtles.
(14) Dredging could be more harmful to the Great Barrier Reef than previously thought, a government-commissioned report has found, amid fresh warnings over the impact of coastal industrialisation on sea turtles and dugongs.
(15) The ad contains the text “Don’t dump on the reef, George, or people might dump you.” Environmentalists claim that dredging spoil from Abbot Point would adversely impact marine life such as dugongs, dolphins and sea turtles.
(16) There are also concerns over the prospects of the dugong, which has suffered from the loss of seagrass, its primary food, from Cyclone Yasi in 2011.
(17) There are nine species within the Great Barrier Reef marine park considered "highly vulnerable" in the report, including dugongs, dolphins, sharks, seabirds and fish such as salmon and snapper.
(18) Penalties for poaching dugongs and turtles will also be tripled.
(19) More than 97 hectares of potential seagrass habitat, vital for animals such as turtles and dugongs, will suffer “permanent and irreversible loss” due to the dredging, a Queensland government assessment has found.
(20) The website suggests that the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t have dolphins, fish, dugongs and so on.
Manatee
Definition:
(n.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called alsosea cow.
Example Sentences:
(1) Signs include "Moderates do it both ways" and "Rally to restore manatee".
(2) The West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, has amedullary, pachyostotic long bones.
(3) The contribution of VFAs to the manatees' total energy requirements could not be calculated, but it is probably considerable.
(4) In manatees the changes in alveolar O2 and CO2 pressure (PAO2 and PACO2) in relation to dive time are slower and more variable than in other marine mammals.
(5) The major whey proteins of the milks of the dolphin, manatee, and beagle were purified by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography and characterized and identified by molecular weight determination, amino acid analysis, N-terminal sequencing, and activity measurements.
(6) Comparisons in the parasite fauna are made among Florida manatees and other sirenian populations, and a brief review of sirenian parasites is included.
(7) Airway dimensions, extent of cartilage reinforcements and lung mechanical properties were examined in excised lungs of the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus).
(8) Although manatees have a small relative brain size, volume estimates of the major brain regions indicate that the telencephalon comprises 71% of total brain volume and is 90% cerebral cortex.
(9) Manatees are capable of dives exceeding 10 min duration without having to resport to anaerobic metabolism, and even after 10 min dives recover within 3-4 short dives.
(10) The VFA concentrations in the manatee are similar to those in the dugong, Dugong dugon, and the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.
(11) The architecture of frontal regions of cerebral cortex was investigated in several brains of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris.
(12) Guests paddle through the South Water Caye Marine Reserve, exploring mangrove channels and reefs, watching out for stingrays, manatees and pelicans.
(13) I don’t feel as threatened as a lot of other people, and the reason for that is that we didn’t see it with Dengue, and we didn’t see it with Chikungunya,” said Mark Latham, director of the Manatee County mosquito control program in Florida , about two more viruses spread by the same mosquito as Zika.
(14) Twenty minutes north is Tatuamunha river, a sanctuary for manatees.
(15) Unrestrained Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis) maintained a constant heart rate during diving and exhibited a slight tachycardia during breathing.
(16) Fifty-two mammographic facilities were surveyed comprising 64 units in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Manatee Counties.
(17) The proteolytic specificities of chymopapain and papaya proteinase omega were investigated by using the alpha-chains of manatee and mole haemoglobin, whose primary structures are known, as substrates.
(18) Three cases of congenital ectrodactyly of the flipper in the manatee are described, including one case of bilaterally-symmetrical cleft hand.
(19) Aside from the dolphins, government scientists, closely shadowed by experts working for BP, are studying the effects on creatures as tiny as zooplankton and as massive as manatees.
(20) Slow wave sleep occupied 27%, and paradoxical sleep 1% of the total recording time in the Amazonian manatee.