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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-045
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: assessment of management options to minimise formation of ‘barrens’ habitat by the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania

By overgrazing seaweeds and sessile invertebrates, essentially back to bare rock, the advent of the long‐spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in eastern Tasmanian waters poses a significant threat to the integrity, productivity and biodiversity of shallow (<40 m) rocky reef systems and the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-025
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing cost-effective industry based techniques for monitoring puerulus settlement in all conditions: Phase 2

Outcomes achieved to date The outputs from this second phase of the project have led to the following outcomes: 1. A refined puerulus collector design that: • Collects puerulus as effectively as traditional diver-serviced inshore collector systems • Collects puerulus...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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