This research is the first to assess marine litter and plastic pollution in India's first marine
protected area (MPA), the Gulf of Kachchh Marine Protected Area (GOKMPA). We compare it to …

India plays a significant role in dugong conservation by having the largest population within
South Asia. The status of dugongs in India is largely unknown due to a paucity of reliable …

A relict dugong population resides in the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat state of India. Very little
is known on this population stemming from lack of focused studies and inadequate …

In India, dugong populations and their habitats are under pressure from several factors,
including seagrass degradation caused by high turbidity and pollution, ghost nets, bycatch, …

Indian coastal waters are critical for dugong populations, the largest in south Asia, in the
western Indian Ocean. Spatial planning of these waters can help to achieve biodiversity …

Syringodium spp.(14.83%) and Halodule spp.(12.16%), with a low occurrence of Enhalus
spp.(0.19%). In Gujarat, Halodule spp.(61.48%) was the most dominant, followed by Halophila …

India plays a central role in dugong conservation by hosting the largest population within
south Asia. Current knowledge on status of Indian dugongs is limited due to paucity of reliable …

Dugongs, exclusively seagrass foragers, are globally threatened marine mammals. Knowledge
on their feeding biology has been derived from few direct observations and mostly by …

… We thank Rintu Mandal and Sameeha Pathan for help with HMSC and spatial analyses. We
thank Jahnavi Joshi for helping generate phylogenetic tree. YVT thanks Arpitha Jayanth and …

In addition, we launched a new online sighting form in late 2021 to encourage the public to
report sightings of healthy manatees both in Florida and other states to get a better idea …