Dugong feeding trails in the seagrass meadows at Magnetic Island
Photographers: Catherine Collier
Description
Dugongs are seagrass specialists, eating a range of different seagrass species. They feed by 'excavating' and by 'cropping'. This image shows the trails left behind after a dugong has excavated a shallow subtidal meadow of Halodule uninervis at Magnetic Island near Townsville.
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