-
The ecology and impacts of the introduced basket clam, Corbula gibba in Port...
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DEWLP), Victorian Government
This thesis describes the ecology and impact of the introduced European basket clam, Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792), in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. A bay-wide survey conducted in... -
Ecological effects of the introduced fanworm, Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin,...
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DEWLP), Victorian Government
Sabella spallanzanii is an introduced sabellid ploychaete that is thought to be native to the Mediterranean and east Atlantic coast. Since its first identification in Port... -
Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of...
Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research (CFFR), Murdoch University
Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled seasonally in the subtidal and upper and lower swash zones at two sites in each of six nearshore habitat types on the lower west coast of... -
Latrobe Valley Ocean Outfall (LVOO) infaunal monitoring program near 90 Mile...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
The LVOO outfall was commissioned in 1992 to discharge a mixed effluent of domestic sewage and industrial wastewaters, including pulp mill effluent and formation water from... -
Effects of sewage effluent and shorebird exclusion on intertidal infaunal assemblages
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DEWLP), Victorian Government
This experiment tested the effects of liquid effluents on infauna assemblages in the presence and absence of shorebirds. Small plots of sediment (70cm x 50cm) were dosed with... -
Isopod borers in seagrass species from south-western Australia
UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
The presence of a number of species of isopod borers (Limnoriidae family) in seagrass species from south-western Australia were documented from sampling seagrass tissue from... -
Cockburn Cement - Success Bank - Seagrass and Sand Invertebrates - 1990's
UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Invertebrates (epifauna & infauna) from seagrass (Amphibolis griffithii, Posidonia coriacea, Heterozostera tasmanica) and adjacent sand habitats on Success Bank (5-7 m) and... -
Recovery of the encrusting bryozoan, Parasmittina delicatula, from damage at...
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B), Columbia University
Parasmittina delicatula colonies were located on the Queenscliff pier in early 1999 and assigned to a small size class (10-15mm) or large size class (30mm or more). Each colony... -
The role of copper in facilitating the invasion of sessile marine...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Disturbance events are thought to provide an opportunity for the colonisation and establishment of invasive species. Contamination of coastal waters with copper from sewage... -
The ecology and trophic role of caridean shrimps in the eelgrass community...
This study investigated the ecology of caridean shrimp in eelgrass habitats in Western Port Bay, Victoria from July 1977 to January 1980. The study sites were located on the... -
Patterns of establishment and subsequent change in the structure of a marine...
College of Marine And Environmental Sciences (CMES), James Cook University (JCU)
Artificial substrata were used to investigate the patterns of establishment and change in the structure of a subtidal, marine epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria from... -
Effects of introduced sessile invertebrates: removal experiments.
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Three removal experiments were conducted to test the effects of the introduced species, Bugula neritina, Ascidiella aspersa and Botryllus schlosseri on sessile invertebrate... -
Patterns of recruitment of epifaunal species at Portsea, Victoria.
College of Marine And Environmental Sciences (CMES), James Cook University (JCU)
This study investigated the temporal and spatial patterns of recruitment of epifaunal species at Portsea. Recruitment panels were immersed at depths of 1 - 2.2 metres for 10... -
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of shrimp in Western...
This study investigated the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of shrimp in Western Port Bay from July 1977 to January 1980. Water temperature, salinity and... -
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... -
Recovery of algal communities from human disturbance
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This data is from an experiment investigating the recovery of disturbed areas of Hormosira banskii. This experiment was done at 3 sites within Bunurong Marine Park from May 1990... -
Population dynamics of shrimp populations in Western Port Bay, Victoria
This study investigated seasonal variation in the abundances and size distribution of shrimp species in Western Port Bay, Victoria from July 1977 to January 1980. Four species,... -
Effects of predation by fishes on the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria.
College of Marine And Environmental Sciences (CMES), James Cook University (JCU)
Exclusions were attached to artificial substrata to investigate the relative effects of predation on the development of epifaunal communities at Portsea. Exclusions were black... -
Variation in the size and shape of limpets (Siphonaria diemenensis) on a...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study examined differences in the size and shape of Siphonaria diemenensis in the high and low intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria. The... -
Spatially variable effects of copper on sessile invertebrates across a marina
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
A manipulative field experiment was used to assess the spatial variation in the effect of copper on sessile invertebrates within a marina in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Sessile...