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Stay up-to-date with the Queensland-wide dugong population surveys.

Dr Chris Cleguer and his team will be posting regularly during the travels.

christophecleguer

Oct 14, 20232 min read

Update on the aerial imagery work from the 2022 southern GBR dugong survey

It’s been a while since our last blog update, and we’ve had quite a journey since then. Following the conclusion of our survey of the...

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christophecleguer

Nov 27, 20222 min read

Meet the field team!

This survey wouldn’t be able to happen without our amazing field team. So, for this blog post we would like to tell you a bit about us...

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christophecleguer

Nov 23, 20221 min read

Engaging with Traditional owners across Queensland

An important part of our dugong survey project is to engage with Traditional Owner groups across the Queensland coast to (a) share and...

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christophecleguer

Nov 18, 20221 min read

Survey progress update

We are into day 22 of our big dugong population survey which, this year, will cover the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef as...

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christophecleguer

Nov 14, 20221 min read

We are transitoning to imagery surveys!

As we conduct our aerial surveys, there are cameras attached to the plane taking thousands of images. In the future, the goal is to use...

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christophecleguer

Nov 12, 20221 min read

Dugong surveys are underway!

We have kicked off the dugong population surveys of the urban coast of the Great Barrier Reef, starting from Townsville. So far we have...

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Tropwater JCU

Nov 10, 20222 min read

Dugong census begins!

James Cook University scientists are in the air conducting critical Queensland-wide dugong population survey – counting dugongs along...

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