dugong {mkde}

Dugong locations

Description

A data frame containing dugong location data

Usage

data(dugong)

Format

A data frame with 426 observations on the following 4 variables.

time

Elapsed time in minutes

x

x-coordinate (UTM easting in meters)

y

y-coordinate (UTM northing in meters)

z

z-coordinate (Depth in meters)

Details

GPS location data acquired from a wild dugong (Dugong dugon) tracked by James Cook University in Hervey Bay, Australia during August 2004 (Sheppard et. al. 2010)

Source

James Sheppard, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

References

Sheppard, J. Marsh, H., Jones, R.E., & Lawler, I.R. (2010). Dugong habitat use in relation to seagrass nutrients, tides, and diel cycles. Marine Mammal Science 26, 855-879.

Examples

data(dugong)
head(dugong, 30)