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# Dugong survey plots received a consequential unit correction
- URL: https://intelligence.wildlandseco.com/2026-10-16-shark-bay-dugong-density-figure-unit-correction/
- Published: 2026-10-16T13:37:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T13:37:42.000Z
- Description: A Shark Bay paper's figure labels confused per-square-kilometer with per-square-meter density; the original record was updated.
- Author: Benjamin Worlund
- Tags: dugong, Australia, data corrections, population monitoring, Oceans, Wildlife, Governance, Methods, #ecological-intelligence, #brief-2026-10-16, #global-radar, #peer-reviewed, #geo-oceania

Evidence

Peer-reviewed

Geography

Gathaagudu / Shark Bay sea country, Western Australia

System

Dugong population monitoring; density plots; research corrections

## WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

A formal October 15 correction to the 2026 Wuthuga (dugong) population-status paper changes the Y-axis unit on Figures 2–5 from m² to km² and adjusts captions on Figures 2 and 4 from m⁻² to km⁻². Corrected figures now label density per square kilometer; the original article has been updated.

## WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

Ecological monitoring depends on units that survive publication, figure exports and later citation. Anyone reusing the earlier dugong figures should update the axes and captions before interpreting densities.

## CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

This is a correction to labeling, not a newly measured population trend or a formal retraction. The correction notice does not support inventing revised counts or claiming that field data themselves changed.

## SOURCE

Raudino et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science · formal correction (15 Oct 2026)  
[View original evidence ↗](https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.2001312?ref=intelligence.wildlandseco.com)

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