Book chapter
Dugongs in Arabia
Sirenian conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries, pp.91-98
University Press of Florida
2012
Abstract
In the Arabian region dugongs occur in the Red Sea and the Arabian (Persian) Gulf (map 10.1). They are known locally by a variety of names: bugarah al bahr (cow of the sea: Bahrain, Qatar, and UAE); arus al bahr (bride of the sea: Gulf and central Red Sea coasts of Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain); taweelah (southern Red Sea coasts of Saudi Arabia and Yemen); al jild (skin or leather: at Wejh in Saudi Arabia and Hurgadhr in Egypt); and naqat al bahr (camel of the sea: northern Red Sea).
Details
- Title
- Dugongs in Arabia
- Authors/Creators
- A. Preen (Author/Creator)H. Das (Author/Creator)M. Al-Rumaidh (Author/Creator)A. Hodgson (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- E.M. Hines (Editor)J.E. Reynolds (Editor)L.V. Aragones (Editor)A.A. Mignucci-Giannoni (Editor)M. Marmontel (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Sirenian conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries, pp.91-98
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida; Gainesville, FL, USA
- Identifiers
- 991005540162107891
- Copyright
- © 2012
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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