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OZCAM: Online Zoological Collection of Australian Museums
OZCAM stands for the Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums. The site provides a "proof of concept" that it is possible to provide access to datasets around... -
Burrow tenure in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Crabs sometimes vacate their territories due to continued harassment by their neighbours. To determine whether male-female pairs were longer lasting than male-male pairs, we... -
Serpent Project Thylacine - Megafaunal ecology
SERPENT - Scientific and Environmental remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology. During the two days of ROV operations we completed six... -
Spencer Gulf Fisheries, Rock Lobster Fisheries Catch and Effort Logbook Data...
Southern Rock Lobster catch and effort information monitoring fluctuations in South Australia since 1969. The fishery is divided into 2 zones northern and southern. The rock... -
Parent Record: Social monogamy in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Fiddler crabs are not generally considered subjects for the study of monogamy as they tend to live in dense mixed sex colonies with numerous neighbours and individually defended... -
Isopod borers in seagrass species from south-western Australia
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... -
Marine Life of the Dampier Archipelago - WA Museum / Woodside
Between 1998 and 2000 a partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside Energy Ltd. was formed to survey and collect the marine flora and fauna of the Dampier... -
Utilisation of the introduced New Zealand screwshell (Maoricolpus roseus) by...
Interactions between native and introduced species can help to elucidate the impact of exotic species on the broader community. This work examines utilisation of an introduced... -
Survey of the Marine Fauna of the Montebello Islands, Western Australia
The Montebello Islands were surveyed by the Western Australian Museum (WAM) from 9th-27th August 1993 on behalf of CALM (now Department of Environment and Conservation). All... -
The epibenthic fauna of seagrass beds and bare sand in Princess Royal...
A short-term sampling programme in Princess Royal Harbour aimed to compare the mobile macrofauna of a shallow eutrophic seagrass habitat (Posidonia australis) with an adjacent... -
Serpent Project Enfield 5 - Measuring megafaunal abundance, diversity and...
Scientific and Environmental Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology (SERPENT) ran a highly successful mission including 7 days of ROV... -
Neighbour-stranger relations in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to demonstrate how a male fiddler crab... -
Marine Biological Survey of the Central Kimberley, Western Australia.
This report describes the results of the third and final expedition to the Kimberley to document the marine flora and fauna of the area. The expedition took place in November-... -
Comparative distribution of macromolluscs and macrocrustaceans in a...
Comparative distribution of macromolluscs and macrocrustaceans in a north-western Australian mangrove system. -
Crustaceans and molluscs of Tasmanian salty marshes
Saltmarshes and other coastal, salt-affected sites were sampled at 63 sites selected to cover the full range of saltmarsh types from all around the Tasmanian coast and on King... -
Spencer Gulf Blue Crab fishery-independent survey data
Blue crab abundance, distribution and size structure from surveys conducted throughout Spencer Gulf since 2002. -
Daily colour changes associated with the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the daily colour changes in relation to the tidal cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the... -
Size-assortative pairing in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to examine whether the nearest female or... -
Survey of the Aquatic Fauna of the Kimberley Islands and Reefs, Western Australia.
Eight scientific staff of the Western Australian and Northern Territory Museums completed a survey of 37 marine, five freshwater and two terrestrial stations in the Kimberley... -
Broadscale effects of marine salmonid aquaculture on macrobenthos and the...
A comparison was made of sediments and associated macrobenthos at sites sampled within 42 fish farm leases distributed across Tasmania. Several key biotic and abiotic metrics...