In the last four decades, dugong (Dugong dugon) aggregations have been rarely reported from the geographically isolated, vast seascape of the Andaman Islands, India.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, hunting, coastal development, and habitat loss are the major causes of this change in the social system of dugongs in the Andaman Islands.
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367091995_Herd_Size_Dynamics_an... [3]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/herd-size-dynamics-and-observations-natural-history-dugongs-dugong-dugon-andaman
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Goleetal-2023_Dugongs_India.pdf
[3] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367091995_Herd_Size_Dynamics_and_Observations_on_the_Natural_History_of_Dugongs_Dugong_dugon_in_the_Andaman_Islands_India
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/swapnali-gole
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sumit-prajapati
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nehru-prabakaran-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/aquatic-mammals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mammals
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-life
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-ocean
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andaman-islands
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
