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A collation of environmental datasets used in developing and testing...
Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University
The improvement of forecasting water temperature in a coastal embayment through the assimilation of satellite sea surface temperature (SST) was investigated. Port Phillip Bay in... -
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... -
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... -
Assimilation of Satellite Observations into Coastal Biogeochemical Models
Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University
This thesis investigates the improvement of forecasting water temperature in a coastal embayment through the assimilation of satellite sea surface temperature (SST). Port... -
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Terranora Broadwater,...
The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation... -
Between the devil and the deep blue sea: negotiating ambiguous physical and...
School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Deakin University
This thesis addresses questions of identity and ontological legitimacy within the commercial shark fishing community of Bass Strait, Australia. The implications of competing... -
Victorian Water Measurement Information System
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), Victorian Government
The Victorian Water Measurement Information System is the primary access point to search, discover, access and download surface water and groundwater monitoring data collected... -
Kimberley Benthic Habitat Survey - Benthic Habitat Distribution Maps
Four locations along the Kimberley coast were video and depth surveyed to describe the substratum type, biohabitat type and the bathymetry of the seabed. Video and depth data... -
Effects of human activities on intertidal gastropods
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This data was collected to investigate the relationship between human activities and size distribution of gastropods on rocky shores. It was predicted that there would be a... -
Human activity and its effects on marine intertidal plant and animal...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This thesis examines the relationships between human use and biological changes in the rocky intertidal zone of the Bunurong Marine Park, Victoria between January 1990 and June... -
Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis,...
School of Plant Biology (SPB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Quantitative samples of the macrofauna from three seagrass species, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, and nearby non-vegetated area were... -
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... -
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... -
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Lake Cakora, Clarence...
The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation... -
FRDC (2001/060) 'Characterising the fish habitats of the Recherche...
School of Plant Biology (SPB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Project (FRDC) No. 2001/060 characterised and identified the distribution of the different benthic habitats of the Recherche... -
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. -
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.... -
Effects of sewage effluent on 'reference' 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 collected 2km from a sewage outfall ('reference' assemblage). Twelve...