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Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 Appendix C: Survey Sampling Locations Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 This page has been left blank intentionally. 414000 416000 418000 420000 422000 Legend GPS Tracklogs C.1A Survey Area Fauna Sample Locations #7 Bat acoustic recording !C Motion camera C.1B FG Habitat assessment C.1C A! SRE foraging site J" Trapping grid 7600000 HA05 FG CAM09 MHT02 J" !C HA03 BAT03#7 CAM13 G !C F BAT01 CAM02 CAM08 !C !C#7!C SRE09 CAM01 A! RVM12 J" CAM15 CAM03 !C HA15 CAM14 G !C CAM06 FG FHA04 HA13 ROBE RIVER !C FG !C HA02 !CCAM04 FG 7598000 MHT01 J" CAM16 !C !CCAM07 CAM34CAM37 #7A#7!CA!C!!C RVM13 J" BAT12BAT11 CAM22 CAM28 FG!C!C HA06 HA14 FG CAM19 HA17 !C FG CAM41 CAM27 CAM18 CAM26 CAM17 !C !C FG!C HA01 CAM20 #7 !C !C !C !C ! CAM36 RVM16 J" !CA!C CAM42BAT13 SRE06CAM40 CAM21 HA10 !C FG CAM23 !C 7596000 HA16 SRE12 FG A! CAM24 !C RVM14 J" #7!C Robe River Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 Mesa H Level 2 Fauna Assessment Metres 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 ± Figure C.1A: Current and previous survey sampling locations Author: J. Trainer Drawn: C. Dyde Date: 24-01-2017 Figure Ref: 14269-16-BIDR-2RevB_170124_FigC1A 414000 416000 418000 420000 422000 FG!C HA01 CAM20 !C CAM42 !CCAM27 #7!C !C CAM18 !C !C CAM41 CAM26 Legend CAM17 J" !CA!!CCAM36 BAT13 RVM16 CAM40 GPS Tracklogs SRE06 C.1A Survey Area CAM21 HA10 !C FG Fauna Sample Locations CAM23 !C 7596000 #7 Bat acoustic recording HA16 SRE12 FG !C Motion camera A! C.1B ROBE RIVER FG Habitat assessment C.1C A! SRE foraging site CAM24 !C J" Trapping grid RVM14 J" CAM05 #7!C BAT02 HA08 J" FG 7594000 RVM15 #7 BAT08 #7 HA11 FG SRE04 BAT07 A! SRE03 HA18 ! !CG A CAM11 F CAM29 ! SRE02 !C CAM12 A !C CAM30 !CCAM10 HA12 !C MHT03 J" FG HA07 G SRE01 F A! CAM25 HA09 !C FG HA20 CAM44 FG 7592000 BAT14 #7A!C !CCAM43 BAT10 CAM38 CAM39 #7A!C GCAM31 !CF #7 #7!C CAM35 BAT09 BAT04 Robe River Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 Mesa H Level 2 Fauna Assessment Metres 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 ± Figure C.1B: Current and previous survey sampling locations Author: J. Trainer Drawn: C. Dyde Date: 24-01-2017 Figure Ref: 14269-16-BIDR-2RevB_170124_FigC1B 420000 422000 424000 426000 428000 7594000 Legend GPS Tracklogs C.1A Survey Area Fauna Sample Locations ! A #7 Bat acoustic recording ! C.1B A !C Motion camera HA23 CAM30FG Habitat assessment FG !C C.1C FG A! SRE foraging site SRE05HA24 HA22 A!FG HA07 J" Trapping grid FG FG CAM25 !C HA20 FG 7592000 #7 BAT04 JIMMAWURRADA CREEK 7590000 7588000 Robe River Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 Mesa H Level 2 Fauna Assessment Metres 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 ± Figure C.1C: Current and previous survey sampling locations Author: J. Trainer Drawn: C. Dyde Date: 24-01-2017 Figure Ref: 14269-16-BIDR-2RevB_170124_FigC1C Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 This page has been left blank intentionally. Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 Table C.1: Astron Phase 1 fauna sampling locations. MGA Zone 50 K Site ID Easting Northing Sampling method Date Habitat Condition Disturbance Microhabitats Photo (mE) (mN) MHT01 414614 7597885 Trapping grid 26/09/2015 – 03/10/2015 Riverine 0.8 Grazing, tracks, weeds Standing water MHT02 416326 7599285 Trapping grid 25/09/2015 – 02/10/2015 Loamy/Stony Plain 1.0 Nil Dense leaf litter, termite mounds and spinifex clumps MHT03 419181 7592799 Trapping grid 25/09/2015 - 02/10/2015 Loamy/Stony Plain 0.6 Drill lines, tracks Dense leaf litter, termite mounds and spinifex clumps HA01 414405 7596614 Habitat assessment 26/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Weeds Standing water No photo Weeds, grazing, HA02 419980 7597945 Habitat assessment 26/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Standing water No photo vehicular tracks HA03 418221 7599166 Habitat assessment 27/09/2015 Rocky Hills 1.0 Nil Spinifex HA04 418205 7598125 Habitat assessment 27/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Grazing Standing water, rushes HA05 415598 7599460 Habitat assessment 28/09/2015 Drainage Line 0.6 Weeds Woodland Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 MGA Zone 50 K Site ID Easting Northing Sampling method Date Habitat Condition Disturbance Microhabitats Photo (mE) (mN) HA06 414884 7597109 Habitat assessment 28/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Caves, crevices HA07 419688 7592554 Habitat assessment 28/09/2015 Loamy/Stony Plain 0.6 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex HA08 419017 7593947 Habitat assessment 28/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 0.4 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex HA09 419211 7592088 Habitat assessment 28/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 0.8 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex No photo HA10 420000 7596093 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo HA11 419013 7593450 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 0.4 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex No photo HA12 419288 7592802 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Drainage Line 0.4 Drill lines, tracks No photo HA13 419528 7598021 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Grazing, weeds Standing water No photo HA14 416892 7597275 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs HA15 417192 7598072 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Grazing, weeds Standing water Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 MGA Zone 50 K Site ID Easting Northing Sampling method Date Habitat Condition Disturbance Microhabitats Photo (mE) (mN) HA16 418423 7595787 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 0.8 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex HA17 416744 7596954 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs HA18 419110 7593221 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 0.4 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex HA20 419680 7591952 Habitat assessment 30/09/2015 Drainage line 0.6 Drill lines, tracks CAM01 419547 7599030 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 1.0 Nil Crevices No photo CAM02 419593 7599047 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 1.0 Nil Crevices No photo CAM03 419654 7598155 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Riverine 0.6 Grazing, weeds Standing water No photo CAM04 419600 7597975 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM05 419513 7595085 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 29/09/2015 Drainage line 0.6 Grazing, weeds Hollows No photo CAM06 419823 7598058 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Riverine 0.6 Grazing, weeds Standing water No photo CAM07 419961 7597823 Camera (active) 26/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM08 417566 7599144 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 30/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 1.0 Nil Crevices No photo Robe River Mining Co. Pty Ltd Mesa H – Level 2 Fauna Assessment, May 2016 MGA Zone 50 K Site ID Easting Northing Sampling method Date Habitat Condition Disturbance Microhabitats Photo (mE) (mN) CAM09 416743 7599257 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Low Hills and Slopes 1.0 Nil Crevices No photo CAM10 417888 7592885 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs, caves No photo CAM11 417716 7593081 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs, caves No photo CAM12 417951 7593003 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs, caves No photo CAM13 418099 7599090 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs, caves No photo CAM14 418136 7598043 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 29/09/2015 Riverine 0.6 Grazing, weeds Standing water No photo CAM15 418314 7598215 Camera (active) 27/09/2015 – 29/09/2015 Riverine 0.6 Grazing, weeds Standing water No photo CAM16 415050 7597802 Camera (active) 28/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM17 414384 7596548 Camera (active) 28/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Grazing, weeds Standing water, boulders No photo CAM18 414384 7596626 Camera (active) 28/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Riverine 0.8 Grazing, weeds Standing water, boulders No photo CAM19 415013 7596948 Camera (active) 28/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs, caves No photo CAM20 415163 7596516 Camera (active) 28/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Gorge 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs, caves No photo CAM21 417651 7596094 Camera (active) 30/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM22 416896 7597282 Camera (active) 30/09/2015– 02/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM23 417640 7595949 Camera (active) 30/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM24 417700 7595316 Camera (active) 30/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo CAM25 419602 7592188 Camera (active) 29/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Loamy/Stony plain 0.6 Drill lines, tracks Spinifex No photo CAM26 419437 7596593 Camera (active) 30/09/2015 – 02/09/2015 Breakaway 1.0 Nil Crevices, overhangs No photo Robe River Mining Co.
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    112° 114° 116° 118° 120° 122° 124° 126° 128° 10° 10° JOINT PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT AREA MAJOR RESOURCE PROJECTS Laminaria East Western Australia — 2014 Major projects operating or under development in 2013 with an actual/anticipated value of annual production of greater than $A10 million are shown in blue NORTHERN TERRITORY Proposed or potential major projects with a capital expenditure estimated to be greater than $A20 million are shown in red WESTERN AUSTRALIA Care and maintenance projects are shown in purple 114° 116° m 3000 Ashmore Reef West I 12° Mutineer East I INSET A Fletcher Middle I 2000 m 2000 12° Exeter Finucane TERRITORY OF ASHMORE SCALE 1:1 200 000 AND CARTIER ISLANDS INDONESIA Lambert Deep AUSTRALIA T I M O R S E A 50 km Eaglehawk Hermes Larsen Deep Egret Lambert Noblige Searipple Athena SHELF Angel Prometheus Montague m 1000 Larsen Capella Petrel Perseus Persephone Cossack Wanaea Forestier Ajax North Rankin COMMONWEALTH 'ADJACENT AREAS' BOUNDARY Chandon Gaea Hurricane Frigate Tern Keast Goodwyn Goodwyn S/Pueblo Holothuria Reef Echo/Yodel Crown Trochus I Yellowglen Rankin/Sculptor Tidepole Mimia Dockrell Kronos Concerto/Ichthys Cornea Otway Bank Urania Troughton I Io Pemberton WEST Echuca Shoals Cape Londonderry Dixon/W.Dixon Ichthys West SIR GRAHAM Cape Wheatstone Prelude MOORE Is Ta lb ot Sage Parry HarbourTroughton Passage Lesueur I Ichthys Eclipse Is Jansz Pluto Cassini I Cape Rulhieres Iago Saffron Torosa Mary I Geryon Eris 20° Browse I Oyster Rock Passage Vansittart NAPIER Blacktip Bay BROOME Io South Reindeer Cape
  • Araneae (Spider) Photos

    Araneae (Spider) Photos

    Araneae (Spider) Photos Araneae (Spiders) About Information on: Spider Photos of Links to WWW Spiders Spiders of North America Relationships Spider Groups Spider Resources -- An Identification Manual About Spiders As in the other arachnid orders, appendage specialization is very important in the evolution of spiders. In spiders the five pairs of appendages of the prosoma (one of the two main body sections) that follow the chelicerae are the pedipalps followed by four pairs of walking legs. The pedipalps are modified to serve as mating organs by mature male spiders. These modifications are often very complicated and differences in their structure are important characteristics used by araneologists in the classification of spiders. Pedipalps in female spiders are structurally much simpler and are used for sensing, manipulating food and sometimes in locomotion. It is relatively easy to tell mature or nearly mature males from female spiders (at least in most groups) by looking at the pedipalps -- in females they look like functional but small legs while in males the ends tend to be enlarged, often greatly so. In young spiders these differences are not evident. There are also appendages on the opisthosoma (the rear body section, the one with no walking legs) the best known being the spinnerets. In the first spiders there were four pairs of spinnerets. Living spiders may have four e.g., (liphistiomorph spiders) or three pairs (e.g., mygalomorph and ecribellate araneomorphs) or three paris of spinnerets and a silk spinning plate called a cribellum (the earliest and many extant araneomorph spiders). Spinnerets' history as appendages is suggested in part by their being projections away from the opisthosoma and the fact that they may retain muscles for movement Much of the success of spiders traces directly to their extensive use of silk and poison.