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Interactions between sea urchins and macroalgae in SW Australia - Summary.
Data was collected to: - characterise the distributions and abundances of herbivorous invertebrates (mainly sea urchins) and examine their trophic positions and diets, and -... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Inter-species differences in trophic position and diet of three sympatric...
Measurements of natural abundances of stable isotopes and direct observation of gut contents were used to determine the trophic positions of three sympatric sea urchin species.... -
Trophic connectivity via nekton in an arid zone estuarine landscape
Project Description To determine:1) the relative importance of mangroves v cyanobacterial mats in supporting nekton in an arid zone estuary; 2) whether trophic connectivity via... -
Ecosystem modelling
The seagrass ecosystem of Shark Bay is characterised by top-down control through tiger sharks. Adult tiger sharks migrate to shallow habitats in Shark Bay during the austral... -
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... -
WAMSI Node 4.3.1b - Trophic interactions in selected south-western...
This study is aimed at identifying the key primary producers, which support abundant fish species with different feeding modes, in a permanently-open (Swan-Canning) and a... -
Ecological interactions in Ningaloo Marine Park
To examine ecological interactions between fish and invertebrates, to aid in the understanding of potential impact through human disturbance. -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2d - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Exploited...
Field surveys undertaken between 2006 and 2009 have been compiled to provide an extensive baseline of the distribution and abundance of rock lobster species from the Muiron... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2e - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Acoustic...
This project now supports in part Australia’s first permanent acoustic listening station array on Ningaloo Reef – the Ningaloo Reef Ecosystem Tracking Array (NRETA) which has... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2c - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Trophic cascades
The Ningaloo Marine Park (State Waters) Plan 1989 was designated A class in 1990. A review of the Management Plan began in 2000; this resulted in a revised Management Plan being... -
Spencer Gulf Threatened, Endangered & Protected Species (TEPS) diet
Data from 2003-2012 on the diet of Australian sea lions, New Zealand fur seals, and little penguins in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia. -
Spencer Gulf Trophodynamic modelling
Estimate of food web relations based on dietary studies, estimates of production, biomass and productire per biomass and ecotrophic efficiency, time series of fisheries catch,... -
WAMSI PhD Top-up - 3.9.8 - The trophic ecology and habitat requirements of...
From 2004 to 2010 - the trophic ecology and habitat requirements of the manta ray (Manta birostris) in lagoonal systems of Ningaloo Reef, WA were studied. This was undertaken by... -
Effect of Heliocidaris erythrogramma on benthic macroalgae and drift retention
Two experiments were performed. The first was designed to test for effects of Heliocidaris at different densities, using fenced plots in which the densities of Heliocidaris were... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2a - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef:...
The Ningaloo Marine Park (State Waters) Plan 1989 was designated A class in 1990. A review of the Management Plan began in 2000; this resulted in a revised Management Plan being... -
Patterns of behaviour of four shrimp species in a laboratory experiment
This study assessed the behaviour patterns of four shrimp species in a laboratory experiment that was repeated on 8 separate occasions throughout 1978. The experiment was set up... -
WAMSI Node 4.3.1b - West Coast demersal food web
The aim of WAMSI Node 4.3.1b aim was to identify data gaps in the west coast demersal food web and identify key trophic components. This involved data collection from 48...