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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... -
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... -
Neighbour-stranger relations in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Australian National University
A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to demonstrate how a male fiddler crab... -
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... -
Historical February Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates Utilising Diatom...
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
The purpose of this study was to estimate past sea-surface temperature in the Southeast Indian Ocean. The accumulation of diatom microplankton assemblages in sediments being the... -
Phytoplankton concentration measurements in Sydney Harbour - 22nd October 2004
Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
A study of the response of phytoplankton to rainfall in Sydney Harbour, on the 22nd October 2004, is reported here. Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region... -
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... -
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... -
Genetic subdivision of Roe's abalone, Haliotis roei Grey in south-western Australia
School of Animal Biology (SAB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Starch-gel electrophoresis was used to investigate population structure of the commercially and recreationally exploited abalone, Haliotis roei. Samples were obtained from... -
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... -
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Ostrea angasi collected from Little...
Australian National University
Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and... -
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. -
Colour changes associated with the semilunar cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca...
Australian National University
The purpose of the experiment was to examine the colour changes associated with the semilunar cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the East...