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The recovered carcass of a dugong (Dugong dugon) in Yelin Bay of Wenchang City,Hainan Province and its cause of death

WANG Lijun,XING Zhigang,WANG Jichao,LIANG Wei,HONG Meiling,SHI Haitao   

  1. College of Life Science,Hainan Normal University,Haikou 571158, China
  • Online:2010-08-31 Published:2010-03-02

海南文昌椰林湾发现儒艮的尸体及死亡原因分析

王力军, 邢志刚, 汪继超, 梁伟, 洪美玲, 史海涛   

  1. 海南师范大学生命科学学院,海口 571158

Abstract: A dead dugong (Dugong dugon)was found in the Yelin Bay of Dongjiao Town,Wenchang City,Hainan Province
on June 22,2008. Since sea grass resources are abundant in Yelin Bay and Gaolong Bay,the emergence of dugong
carcass can suggested that this species distributes in the coastal waters of Hainan in some degree. Through examining its external body and internal anatomy condition,it was discovered that the dugong had a large area of bruising of the skin,and fractured ribs and vertebrae. These injuries are characteristic of damage due to some type of machine and the cause of death of this dugong was probably due to collision with a boat.

Key words: Boat strike, Cause of death, Dugong (Dugong dugon), Yelin Bay

关键词: 椰林湾, 儒艮, 死亡原因, 船只碰撞