Marine wildlife strandings

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Marine wildlife strandings data

Seagrass and seagrass beds have become stressed by repeated periods of murky water and low salinity following major flooding events in Queensland this year. With seagrass being their staple diet, turtles and dugongs are struggling to find adequate food and are suffering from malnutrition and starvation.