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Owner Advantage in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi. Do owners win more contests than floaters because they are superior fighters?
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... -
Owner Advantage in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi. Do owners win more contests than floaters because they have a mechanical advantage?
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... -
Owner Advantage in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi. Do owners win more contests than floaters because they are more motivated?
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... -
Owner Advantage in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi. Are owners more motivated than floaters in response to high quality territories?
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... -
Owner Advantage in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi. Are owners more motivated than floaters because they have invested in neighbour relations?
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... -
Long term studies of population and community structure on intertidal rock platform at Rottnest Island
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... -
Latrobe Valley Ocean Outfall (LVOO) infaunal monitoring program near 90 Mile Beach, Victoria
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... -
Larval fish assemblages in Coastal, Shelf and Offshore Waters of South-Western Australia
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... -
Is larval supply a good predictor of reef fish recruitment?
Larval supply and recruitment of reef fish at 5 sites around Lord Howe Island were measured during November/December 2003 and January/February 2004. Light traps, artificial reef... -
Impacts of two introduced suspension feeders in Port Phillip Bay, Australia
This study examined the impacts of 2 of the most common epibenthic suspension feeders, Sabella spallanzanii and Styela clava, in Port Phillip Bay, by transplanting individuals... -
Effects of sewage effluent and shorebird exclusion on intertidal infaunal assemblages
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... -
Effects of predation on the distribution of shrimp in Western Port Bay, Victoria
This study investigated the influence of predation on the distribution of shrimp in Western Port Bay from July 1977 to January 1980. Predation by birds was determined by... -
Effects of predation by fishes on the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria.
Exclusions were attached to artificial substrata to investigate the relative effects of predation on the development of epifaunal communities at Portsea. Exclusions were black... -
Effects of introduced species on the recruitment of sessile invertebrates.
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... -
Effects of introduced sessile invertebrates: removal experiments.
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 environmental factors on the distribution of shrimp in Western Port Bay, Victoria
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... -
Ecological effects of the introduced fanworm, Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791), on hard substratum epifaunal assemblages
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... -
Ecological effects of introduced sessile marine invertebrates.
Manipulative field experiments were used to investigate the effects of the ascidians Botryllus schlosseri and Ascidiella aspersa and the bryozoan Bugula neritina on sessile... -
Diets of four shrimp species in eelgrass habitats, Western Port Bay, Victoria
This study examined stomach contents of shrimp sampled in the beam trawls in Western Port Bay from July 1977 to January 1980 (see parent record 'The ecology and trophic role of... -
Detached macrophyte accumulations in surf zones: significance of macrophyte type and volume in supporting secondary production
Feeding experiments on collected amphipods and fish sampling were conducted from surf zones of sandy beaches in southwestern Australia to determine the influence of detached...