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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... -
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... -
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... -
Effects of Sabella spallanzanii physical structure on soft sediment...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
The introduced European polychaete Sabella spallanzanii has become a dominant feature of sub-tidal habitats in south-eastern Australia. This study examines the physical effects... -
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... -
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... -
The feeding ecology of the intertidal limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis at...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study was conducted from December 1979 to December 1981 to determine the diet of Siphonaria diemenensis in the high and low intertidal zone on the rocky shore at Griffith... -
The importance of predation in shaping marine sessile communities at...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Predation on newly settled individuals has been shown to shape sessile invertebrate communities of the northeast coast of North America. This study tests if this response can... -
A survey of limpets on an intertidal rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This data set is from a survey comparing the size and shape of limpets in the high intertidal zone compared to the low intertidal zone on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay,... -
Laboratory experiment measuring expected drag forces on limpets
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
The expected drag forces that the average sized limpets were exposed to in the high and low intertidal zones at Griffith Point, Victoria were estimated in a continuously... -
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... -
A description of the reproductive cycle of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study used histological methods to describe the reproductive cycle of Lepsiella vinosa. L.vinosa was collected from the West Head rocky shore on 12 occasions between April... -
Wave action in different intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Victoria
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Wave action was measured on 10 sampling occasions from April to October 1987 in the high and low intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria. Forty... -
Population dynamics of the intertidal limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis at...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
A combination of surveys and experiments were used to determine the size distribution, recruitment, mortality and growth rates of Siphonaria diemenensis in 2 zones on the rocky... -
The population biology and predatory behaviour of Lepsiella vinosa (Lamarck 1822)
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
The population biology of the small predatory thaid gastropod Lepsiella vinosa was investigated on the rocky shore surrounding West Head, Western Port Bay, Victoria from June... -
Ecological effects of introduced sessile marine invertebrates.
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Manipulative field experiments were used to investigate the effects of the ascidians Botryllus schlosseri and Ascidiella aspersa and the bryozoan Bugula neritina on sessile... -
Effects of introduced species on the recruitment of sessile invertebrates.
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This experiment was conducted to determine if an established Botryllus schlosseri colony affected the recruitment of sessile invertebrates. Small perspex plates that had been in... -
Growth rate of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore...
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
This study used a mark-recapture method to examine the patterns of shell growth of Lepsiella vinosa on the rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. Individuals were collected from... -
Effects of periodic trampling on the abundance of mobile animals within...
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 over six summers between 1991 and 1996....