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Ecological studies on seagrasses of SW Australia - Cockburn Sound - Field...
School of Plant Biology (SPB) / UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Two field experiments were carried out on seagrass in the Cockburn Sound area to assess the effect of water quality on seagrass growth. Leaf area was measured before and after... -
Peel-Harvey Estuary Samphire Marshes Data
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences (VLS), Murdoch University
This study was undertaken to examine the ecology and extent of saltmarshes of the Peel-Harvey. The extent and composition of the samphire saltmarshes was investigated over the... -
Uncertainty and the Active Adaptive Management of Marine Reserves: WORKING PAPER
Crawford School of Public Policy (CSPP), The Australian National University (ANU)
This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Crawford School of Economics and Government at The Australian National University in Canberra.... -
Regrowth and Length / Width of Seagrass in Cockburn Sound (1970-1973)
School of Plant Biology (SPB) / UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
This dataset is part of an overall study of the impacts of industrial waste on Cockburn Sound. This dataset describes the impact of waste on seagrass growth. The length and... -
Long term studies of population and community structure on intertidal rock...
School of Animal Biology (SAB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Data has been collected on the patterns of distribution and abundance, recruitment, survival and growth of macroinvertebrate fauna on the rocky intertidal shores at Rottnest... -
Breeding biology of the Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) on...
The breeding biology of the Flesh-footed Shearwater on Woody Island, Western Australia was studied between 2000 and 2003. The density of burrows, burrow-length, soil-depth,... -
Water Flow in Seagrass Ecosystems - Water Motion and Productivity
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences (VLS), Murdoch University
Field studies were conducted to investigate the effects of two levels of water velocity (exposure) on seagrass standing crop (biomass) and consequently community productivity.... -
Feeding patterns of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study used observations of Lepsiella vinosa and surveys of prey species to describe the diet of L.vinosa on rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. The numbers of individual... -
Effects of Sabella spallanzanii physical structure on soft sediment...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
The introduced European polychaete Sabella spallanzani has become a dominant feature of sub-tidal habitats in south-eastern Australia. This study examines the physical effects... -
Physical and biological factors influencing larval supply of reef fish to...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Abundances of reef fish larvae, conspecific adults and habitat type were measured at 5 sites in the Lord Howe Island lagoon. Light traps were deployed daily over a 28 day period... -
The Phytoplankton Ecology of Wilson Inlet, Western Australia - Nutrient...
Nutrient deletion bioassays were applied over a one-year period to the phytoplankton community of Wilson Inlet. The bioassay data was supplemented with in situ measurements of... -
Larval fish assemblages in Coastal, Shelf and Offshore Waters of...
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), University of Miami
Fish larvae were sampled along a five-station transect extending from inshore (18m depth) to offshore waters (1000m depth) of the coast of South-Western Australia (see... -
Effects of sewage effluent on 'pulse' infaunal assemblages.
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DEWLP), Victorian Government
This experiment tested the effects of secondary treated sewage effluent on infauna assemblages that were taken from a 'reference' site immediately after a large dump of... -
Responses of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to the removal of...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
For colonial organisms physical damage or predation can result in the loss of part of the colony. Although the colony may survive, the loss of part of the colony may alter... -
Owner Advantage in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi. Are owners more...
School of Biological Sciences (SBS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Resource owners generally win contests against intruders, a phenomenon referred to as the 'Owner Advantage' (OA). Uca mjoebergi is a typical fiddler crab that is highly... -
The relative abundance (%) of planktonic foraminifera over time in core...
Australian National University
The advent of deep-sea drilling in the 1950's prompted the use of planktonic foraminifera (unicellular protozans) as palaeoceanographic indicators. They provide a natural... -
The population dynamics of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study surveyed the size distribution of Lepsiella vinosa at 3 sites on the rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. Monthly or bi-monthly searchers were conducted from June 1975... -
Ecological studies on seagrasses of SW Australia - Cockburn Sound - Standing Crop
School of Plant Biology (SPB) / UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
The standing crop (weight of above-ground material) of seagrass at different locations from Cockburn Sound was measured in December 1977. -
Effects of periodic trampling on the percentage cover of understory algae...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study assesses the effects of trampling on Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal algal beds within Point Nepean National Park, Victoria, over six summers between... -
Comparing the effects of an introduced and native species of bryozoan
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
An experiment was conducted to compare the effects of the introduced bryozoan, Bugula neritina, and the native bryozoan, Bugula dentata, on sessile invertebrate assemblages....