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Marine and Freshwater Research 2015, 66, 1073-1087

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Sydney Harbour: what we do and do not know about a highly diverse estuary

E. L. JohnstonA,B, M. Mayer-PintoA,B, P. A. HutchingsC, E. M. MarzinelliA,B,D, S. T. AhyongC, G. BirchE, D. J. BoothF, R. G. CreeseG, M. A. DoblinH, W. FigueiraI, P. E. GribbenB,D, T. PritchardJ, M. RoughanK, P. D. SteinbergB,D and L. H. HedgeA,B

AEvolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

BSydney Institute of Marine Science, 19 Chowder Bay Road, Mosman, NSW 2088, Australia. CAustralian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.

DCentre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

ESchool of GeoSciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. FCentre for Environmental Sustainability, School of the Environment, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.

GNew South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, Nelson Bay, NSW 2315, Australia.

HPlant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.

ICentre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

JWater and Coastal Science Section, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box A290, Sydney, NSW 1232, Australia.

KCoastal and Regional Oceanography Lab, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia.

LCorresponding author. Email: [email protected]

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    Deakin Research Online This is the published version: Barton, Jan, Pope, Adam and Howe, Steffan 2012, Marine protected areas of the Flinders and Twofold Shelf bioregions Parks Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. Available from Deakin Research Online: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30047221 Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Copyright: 2012, Parks Victoria. Parks Victoria Technical Paper Series No. 79 Marine Natural Values Study (Vol 2) Marine Protected Areas of the Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Jan Barton, Adam Pope and Steffan Howe* School of Life & Environmental Sciences Deakin University *Parks Victoria August 2012 Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Along Victoria’s coastline there are 30 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that have been established to protect the state’s significant marine environmental and cultural values. These MPAs include 13 Marine National Parks (MNPs), 11 Marine Sanctuaries (MSs), 3 Marine and Coastal Parks, 2 Marine Parks, and a Marine Reserve, and together these account for 11.7% of the Victorian marine environment. The highly protected Marine National Park System, which is made up of the MNPs and MSs, covers 5.3% of Victorian waters and was proclaimed in November 2002. This system has been designed to be representative of the diversity of Victoria’s marine environment and aims to conserve and protect ecological processes, habitats, and associated flora and fauna. The Marine National Park System is spread across Victoria’s five marine bioregions with multiple MNPs and MSs in each bioregion, with the exception of Flinders bioregion which has one MNP.
  • Current Walks Program - for PDF Download

    Current Walks Program - for PDF Download

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  • Hawkesbury Nepean & Sydney Metropolitan Regions

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    State of the catchments 2010 Estuaries and coastal lakes Hawkesbury–Nepean and Sydney Metropolitan regions State Plan target By 2015 there is an improvement in the condition of estuaries and coastal lake ecosystems. Background An estuary is any semi-enclosed body of water having a permanently or intermittently open connection with the ocean. Water levels inside the estuary vary in a periodic way in response to the ocean tide at the entrance. The upstream boundary is defined as the limit of tidal influence and will typically be found in the lower reaches of the creeks and rivers draining to the estuary. A detailed technical report describes the methods used to derive the information contained in this report. At the time of publication of the State of the catchments (SOC) 2010 reports, the technical reports were being prepared for public release. When complete, they will be available on the DECCW website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publications/reporting.htm. Note: All data on natural resource condition, pressures and management activity included in this SOC report, as well as the technical report, was collected up to January 2009. State of the catchments 2010 Estuaries in New South Wales can be classified into five main types with decreasing oceanic influence: • semi-enclosed embayments (six in NSW) are characterised by marine waters with little freshwater inflow • drowned river valleys (13) have large, wide entrances and tidal ranges similar to oceans • barrier estuaries (51) are rivers and lakes that are generally open to the ocean but are constricted at their entrances by sand from adjacent beaches.
  • Assessment of Inshore Habitats Around Tasmania for Life History

    Assessment of Inshore Habitats Around Tasmania for Life History

    National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry Jordan, Alan Richard, 1964- Assessment of inshore habitats around Tasmania for life-history stages of commercial finfish species Bibliography ISBN 0 646 36875 3. 1. Marine fishes - Tasmania - Habitat. 2. Marine fishes - Tasmania - Development. I. Jordan, Alan, 1964 - . II. Tasmania Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute. 597.5609946 Published by the Marine Research Laboratories - Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania 1998 Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute Marine Research Laboratories Taroona, Tasmania 7053 Phone: (03) 6227 7277 Fax: (03) 62 27 8035 The opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Marine Research Laboratories or the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute. ASSESSMENT OF INSHORE HABITATS AROUND TASMANIA FOR LIFE-HISTORY STAGES OF COMMERCIAL FINFISH SPECIES A.R. Jordan, D.M. Mills, G. Ewing and J.M. Lyle December 1998 FRDC Project No. 94/037 Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute Marine Research Laboratories Assessment of inshore habitats for finfish in Tasmania 94/037 Assessment of inshore habitats around Tasmania for life-history stages of commercial finfish species. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Dr A. R. Jordan and Dr J. M. Lyle ADDRESS: Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute Marine Research Laboratories Taroona, Tasmania 7053 Phone: (03) 62 277 277 Fax: (03) 62 278 035 Email: [email protected] OBJECTIVES: 1. To determine the abundance and distribution of commercial fish species associated with selected inshore soft-bottom habitats around Tasmania. 2. To categorise the habitat types in these areas and determine the size/age structure of commercial fish species by habitat as a means of assessing the critical habitat requirements of such species.
  • Ecography ECOG-03551 Olds, A

    Ecography ECOG-03551 Olds, A

    Ecography ECOG-03551 Olds, A. D., Frohloff, B. A., Gilby, B. L., Connolly, R. M., Yabsley, N. A., Maxwell, P. S., Henderson, C. J. and Schlacher, T. A. 2018. Urbanisation supplements ecosystem functioning in disturbed estuaries. – Ecography doi: 10.1111/ecog.03551 Supplementary material Appendix 1, Table,A1."L ocation,"seascape"characteristics"and"water"quality"of"each"of"the"22"estuaries"sampled."Estuaries"are"ordered"to" reflect"their"distribution"from"north"to"south"across"southeast"Queensland."Seascape"characteristics"(i.e."hardened"shore," mangrove"area,"mouth"width"and"length)"were"calculated"for"the"entire"sampled"section"of"each"estuaryB"water"quality"variables"are" averages"for"this"same"reach." Estuary, Latitude, Longitude, Hardened, Mangrove,area, Mouth,width, Length,(m), Salinity, Turbidity,(NTU), ChlorophyllEa, shore,(%)! (km2), (m), (ppt), (mg/L), Noosa", 26°22'S" 153°"04'E" 10.07" 0.75" 210" 3785" 35.52" 1.02" 0.33" Maroochy, 26°38'S" 153°"06'E" 9.67" 0.96" 191" 6667" 35.63" 1.74" 0.95" Mooloolah, 26°40’S" 153°"08'E" 51.05" 0.32" 102" 7790" 34.48" 1.47" 1.54" Bells, 26°50'S" 153°"06'E" 4.15" 0.38" 160" 6345" 29.01" 6.13" 0.70" Westaways, 26°53'S" 153°"05'E" 0.00" 0.31" 40" 1230" 31.33" 14.72" 0.25" Tripcony, 26°58'S" 153°"04'E" 0.00" 4.30" 560" 2480" 34.52" 5.21" 1.83" Coochin, 26°54'S" 153°"04'E" 0.14" 1.47" 161" 2690" 31.48" 9.46" 0.60" Caboolture, 27°"09'S" 153°"02'E" 0.50" 3.64" 312" 5440" 33.47" 3.82" 0.64" Saltwater, 27°14'S" 153°"03’E" 4.64" 4.18" 627" 4034" 35.38" 6.93" 1.21" Pine, 27°16'S" 153°"02'E" 10.89" 6.55"
  • Archiv Für Naturgeschichte

    Archiv Für Naturgeschichte

    © Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; www.zobodat.at Bericht über die Leistuugen in der Carcinologie wälirend des Jahres 1894. Von Dr. F. Hilgendorf und Dr. J. Vosseier*). Verzeichniss der Publicationen. Albert I,, Prince de Monaco: Sur les premieres campagnes de la princesse Alice. Compt. rend. Ac. Sc. Paris T. CXX. — Eine 2 m tief ins Meer eingesenkte Lampe lockt in kurzer Zeit ganze Wolken kleiner Kruster herbei. F. Albrecht, L. K., Ziornow u. a. Primitiae faunae Mosquensis. Congres intern, d'anthrop., arch. et zool. 1892 (Moscou), Materiaux i-eunis etc. 1. partie, Suppl. Nr. 16, 137 S.; Crust. p. 121 — 5. Mos- cou 1893. — 122 Entom. u. 14 Malacostraca, Alcock, A. Natural bist, notes from „Investigator" (Ser. 2) Nr. 1. (continued). (Vergl. Ber. 91, 92, 93 unter Wood-Mason, W.- M. u. Alcock, Alcock). Ann. Mag. (6) XIII p. 225-45, 321—34, 400—411. — Behandelt Deep-sea dredging 1890/91. Spec. Nr. 58 bis 99. Farn. Nematocarcinidae, Honiar., Eryont. (IXyl.), Parapagur., Galath., Inachidae, Cancridae (Platypilumyins)^ Ocypod. (Psopheticus), Leucos. {Ci/monomops), Homolidae. Stomatopoda (2 Sp.), Amphi- poda (l Sp., Farn. Stegoceph., Xyl). 28 neue Sp. od. Variet. Sperma- tozoen V. Munida besclir. p. 324. Stridulationsapp. bei Psophet. Rudim. Augen bei Cymon. u. Andania. Alcock, A. and A. R. Audeison (1). Nat. bist, notes from „Investigator" (2. Ser.) No. 14: An account of a recent coli, of deep sea Crustacea from the Bay of Bengal and Laccadive Sea. Journ. Asiat, soc. of Bengal, Vol. 63 part. IL No. 3. p. 141—185. Tfl. IX. *) Im Allgemeinen sind die Arbeiten über höhere Krebse von Hilgendorf, die über niedere von Vosseier besprochen worden, lieber etwaige Ausnahmen giebt die Unterzeichnung der betreif.