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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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
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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