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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... -
Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of Western Australia vary among habitat types, zones and seasons?
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... -
Diurnal rhythms of activity, sediment egestion and cryptic behaviour of Holothuria whitmaei (sea cucumber) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
The diurnal rates of activity and sediment egestion on three seperate occasions in January, April and August, 2003, and the cryptic behaviour on one occasion in August, 2003... -
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... -
Denitrification measurements of sediments using cores and chambers: comparison of fluxes and denitrification efficiencies
Denitrification is a microbial process that takes place on and within sediment and results in the transformation of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to nitrogen gas (N2), which is... -
Competitive interactions in the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria.
The resource provides information on the rates of growth, competitive ability and life spans of species in the epifaunal community at Portsea. Estimates of rates of growth for... -
Comparing the effects of an introduced and native species of bryozoan
An experiment was conducted to compare the effects of the introduced bryozoan, Bugula neritina, and the native bryozoan, Bugula dentata, on sessile invertebrate assemblages.... -
Community Organisation on Intertidal Rock Platforms at Rottnest Island, Western Australia: The Functional Role of the Sea Urchin Echinometra mathaei
The sea urchin Echinometra mathaei exists in high densities on intertidal rock platforms at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. In terms of both numbers and biomass, it is the... -
Cockburn Cement - Success Bank - Seagrass and Sand Invertebrates - 1990's
Invertebrates (epifauna & infauna) from seagrass (Amphibolis griffithii, Posidonia coriacea, Heterozostera tasmanica) and adjacent sand habitats on Success Bank (5-7 m) and... -
Australian Venom Research Unit Website
The Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU) is an internationally recognised interdisciplinary research unit focused on the problem of venomous injury in Australia and the Asia-... -
A systematic review of literature that assess the effects of sewage disposal on soft sediment assemblages.
This review was a synthesis of studies that monitored the effects of sewage disposal in the marine environment. Twenty studies that were conducted between 1973 and 1997 and met... -
A survey of limpets on an intertidal rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria
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,... -
An investigation of hypothesis testing and power analysis in impact assessment, using case studies of marine infauna.
This thesis used several BACI-style statistical tests for impact (MBACI and BACI-style planned comparisons) and examined the statistical power of the tests using infaunal data... -
Aggregations of common holothurians on reef flats of Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef, North Western Australia
The distribution of three sea cucumbers (H. whitmaei (Bell 1887), H. atra (Jaeger 1933) and S. chloronotus (Brandt 1835) in the vincinity of Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Western... -
A description of the reproductive cycle of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in Victoria
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... -
Softbottom Invertebrate Survey - FRDC (2001/060) 'Characterising the fish habitats of the Recherche Archipelago'
Animal taxa abundance data from Van Veen grab samples taken at 11 sites in 2002. -
Marine Ecological Survey of Bateman Bay, Ningaloo Reef - Oceanwise
In 2002, Oceanwise Environmental scientists initiated a baseline marine ecological survey of Bateman Bay, Ningaloo Reef. Research was conducted in collaboration with Murdoch...