The Corallinaceae, subfamily Mastophoroideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in south-eastern Australia

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Harvey ◽  
L. E. Phillips ◽  
W. J. Woelkerling ◽  
A. J. K. Millar
Keyword(s):  
Single Species ◽  
The South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Species Comparisons ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The first monographic account of the south-eastern Australian representatives of the Corallinaceae, subfamily Mastophoroideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) is presented. The Mastophoroideae contains eight extant genera, four of which [Hydrolithon, Mastophora, Neogoniolithon, Pneophyllum] were confirmed to occur in south-eastern Australia. Hydrolithon is represented by six species (H. farinosum, H. improcerum, H. munitum, H. onkodes, H. rupestre and H. samoënse). Pneophyllum is represented by three species (P. coronatum, P. fragile and P. submersiporum) while Mastophora and Neogoniolithon are represented by a single species each (Mastophora pacifica and Neogoniolithon brassica-florida). Morphological and anatomical accounts are provided, including keys to genera and species, comparisons with related south-eastern Australian mastophoroid species, information on distribution, seasonality, habitat and nomenclature. Brief biogeographical comparisons between south-eastern Australia and other Australasian regions are also made.

Galeatylinae, a new subfamily of Atylidae for Galeatylus coripes, new genus and species, from the Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia (Amphipoda, Dexaminoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4701 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295
Author(s):  
JEAN JUST
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Galeatylinae, a new subfamily in the Atylidae, for Galeatylus coripes new genus and species, is reported from the Bass Strait in the south-east of Australia. This is the first record of the Atylidae from Australia. 

Attempts to measure the influence of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on the field mortality of the bush fly Musca vetustissima Walker (Diptera: Muscidae) in south-eastern Australia

1983 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. H. Wallace ◽  
M Tyndale-Biscoe
Keyword(s):  
Total Mortality ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Predatory Mites ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
The Other ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Multiple Species ◽  
South Eastern Australia

AbstractThe immature stages of Musca vetustissima Wlk. in dung pads in south-eastern Australia suffered a high mortality through the actions of a complex array of dung organisms, including dung beetles (scarabaeids), predatory beetles (hydrophilids and histerids) and predatory mites (Macrocheles glaber (Müll.)). At times of high dung beetle numbers, it was possible to demonstrate a relationship between fly mortality and dung beetle numbers. Single-species dung beetle populations appeared to be as effective as multiple-species populations in reducing fly numbers, except that some benefit was derived from a combination of day- and night-flying species. When dung beetle numbers were low, their influence could not be measured because of the high mortalities already caused by the other dung fauna. It is suggested that in those circumstances any mortality caused by the dung beetles may simply have become substituted for an existing mortality caused by other fauna without adding to the total mortality.

Distribution and abundance of the south-eastern form of the greater long-eared bat Nyctophilus timoriensis.

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Turbill ◽  
M. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
The South ◽  
Trap Night ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Survey Effort ◽  
South Eastern Australia

In south-eastern Australia, the greater long-eared bat (Nyctophilus timoriensis) has been rarely captured and is considered uncommon, although large areas within its range have received little survey effort. We collate existing capture records and present new data on N. timoriensis captures from recent fauna inventory surveys across the western slopes and plains of New South Wales (NSW). From 1628 trap nights at 39 study areas, 118 N. timoriensis were captured out of a total of 8266 bats. In larger remnants in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion, N. timoriensis was captured at a rate of 0.1 to 0.6 per trap night and made up 7 to 9% of bat captures. This was approximately an order of magnitude greater than in other study areas throughout western NSW. There were no captures from the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion. These surveys show that the large vegetation remnants of Goonoo, Pilliga West and Pilliga East study areas are a distinct stronghold in the distribution of the south-eastern form of N. timoriensis.

Nyctobadistes gen. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae), a new genus from Tasmanian waters, Australia, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3025 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
KELLY L. MERRIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Apical Seta ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
South Eastern Australia

A new genus and new species of Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 is described. Nyctobadistes gen. nov. is represented by a single species, Nyctobadistes hamatus sp. nov. and was collected from off Tasmania, south-eastern Australia. Nyctobadistes gen. nov. is similar to Bathybadistes Hessler and Thistle, 1975, however, it can be distinguished from this genus by the combination of: the lack of apical setae on the dorsal body spines; the lack of lateral extensions on the natasomal pereonites; the slender carpus of at least pereopod 6; and the anterolateral margins of the pleon lack a spine and apical seta.

The extent of dryland salinity in remnant woodland and forest within an agricultural landscape

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian A. Seddon ◽  
Andre Zerger ◽  
Stuart J. Doyle ◽  
Sue V. Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
The South ◽  
Dryland Salinity ◽  
Vegetation Communities ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South West ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Riparian Communities ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Dryland salinity is considered a significant and increasing threat to sustainable land management and biodiversity across large parts of temperate Australia. However, there is little information on the extent of this threat to terrestrial ecosystems in south-eastern Australia. This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the extent of dryland salinity in remnant native woody vegetation in the agriculture-dominated landscape of the Boorowa Shire located in the South West Slopes bioregion of south-eastern Australia. The amount and type of native woody vegetation in the Boorowa Shire affected by dryland salinity was assessed by analysing the extent of overlap between the following three spatial data layers: (1) woody vegetation mapping derived from high-resolution satellite imagery, (2) existing vegetation community mapping predicted from field data and expert opinion and (3) existing dryland salinity outbreak mapping derived from air photo interpretation and filed verification. There were more than 6000 patches of salt outbreak in woody vegetation in the Boorowa Shire, 383 (6%) of which were 1 ha or larger in area. Almost 2000 ha of woody vegetation were affected by dryland salinity, representing ~3% of the extant native woody vegetation in the Boorowa Shire. The vegetation type with the largest total area affected by dryland salinity was yellow box (Eucalyptus melliodora Cunn. Ex Schauer)–Blakely’s red gum (E. Blakelyi Maiden) woodland. As a proportion of their current extent, vegetation communities lower in the landscape were significantly more affected than those higher up the topographic sequence, with 14% of riparian communities and nearly 6% of yellow box–Blakely’s red gum woodland exhibiting symptoms of dryland salinity. About 1% of white box (E. albens Benth) woodland, and of hill communities which are on mid- and upper slopes, were affected. The pattern of salinity outbreaks in relation to landscape position and vegetation type is significant for biodiversity conservation because the vegetation communities most affected by salinisation are those most heavily cleared and modified post-European settlement. Throughout the South West Slopes of New South Wales, remnants of riparian communities and yellow box–Blakely’s red gum woodland are highly cleared, fragmented and degraded. Dryland salinity represents an additional threat to these vegetation communities and their component species. Salinisation of woodland ecosystems poses significant problems for land managers. The long-term viability of these woodland remnants needs to be considered when allocating limited public funds for woodland conservation, whether on private land or in formal reserves.

An account of the Hapalidiaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in south-eastern Australia

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele S. Harvey ◽  
Wm J. Woelkerling ◽  
Alan J. K. Millar
Keyword(s):  
Single Species ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

This paper provides the first monographic account of south-eastern Australian representatives of the Hapalidiaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). The Hapalidiaceae includes those Corallinales whose tetrasporangia produce zonately arranged spores, and whose tetrasporangia/bisporangia are borne in conceptacles, produce apical plugs, develop beneath multiporate plates or roofs, and are not enclosed individually within calcified sporangial compartments. The Hapalidiaceae contains the subfamilies Choreonematoideae, Melobesioideae and Austrolithoideae, all formerly placed in the Corallinaceae sensu lato. The Choreonematoideae is represented in south-eastern Australia by a single species, Choreonema thuretii. The Melobesioideae is represented by five genera (Melobesia, Lithothamnion, Phymatolithon, Mesophyllum, Synarthrophyton) and eight species. Synarthrophyton pseudosorus sp. nov. is newly described. The presence of tetrasporangial conceptacles occurring in irregularly shaped dense clusters that contain both discrete conceptacles and fused groups of conceptacles delimits this species from all other species of Synarthrophyton. Morphological and anatomical accounts are provided, including keys, information on distribution, habitat and nomenclature. Brief biogeographic comparisons between south-eastern Australia and neighbouring regions are also made.

Metal levels in the mussel Mytilus edulis collected from estuaries in south-eastern Australia

1982 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Wooton ◽  
AK Lye
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Weight Basis ◽  
The South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Metal Levels ◽  
Mussel Culture ◽  
Wet Weight ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The levels of six metals were determined in M. edulis collected from five sites on the south-eastern Australian coast. On a wet weight basis, levels (�g g-1) were: Pb, 1.68-4.15 ; Cu, 1.62-3.77; Cr, 2.27-3.83; Ni, 1.41-3.49: Cd, 0.39-0.63; and Zn, 20.64-40.38. On the basis of metal levels, Eden and Jervis Bay were less suitable as sites for mussel culture than Batemans Bay, Lakes Entrance and Merimbula.

Trends in the distribution, species composition and size of sharks caught by Gamefish Anglers off South-eastern Australia, 1961-90

1992 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Pepperell
Keyword(s):  
Single Species ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Shortfin Mako ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The Status ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Records of shark captures were extracted from the archives of 10 of the major New South Wales gamefishing clubs that operate from ports located between latitudes 33�s and 37�s. Although organized game fishing began off eastern Australia in 1936, the majority of catches were made after 1960. Data normally recorded by these clubs included common name of shark, whole weight, locality of capture, boat name and angler. Recognized single species of sharks recorded by these clubs were blue (Prionace glauca), tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier), white (Carcharodon carcharias), shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and grey nurse (Carcharias taurus). Species identified only to generic level, and recorded by clubs, were whalers or requiem sharks (Carcharhinus spp.), hammerheads (Sphyrna spp.) and threshers (Alopias spp.). Analysis of catch records indicated that the mako shark was the most common species caught overall, although whaler sharks dominated the catch in the northern part of the study area and hammerhead sharks dominated the catch in the south. Grey nurse and white sharks were relatively rare in the southern part of the study area. Whaler sharks dominated the catch in the 1960s, and the proportions of blue and tiger sharks in the catch increased in the 1980s. Size ranges and distributions of some species also varied through time and by area. Some of the observed changes could be attributed to changed fishing practices, particularly the increasing popularity of tag-and-release and an increasing tendency to fish further from the coast. A marked decline in the number and proportion of white sharks in the catch since the 1970s gives cause for some concern regarding the status of that species off south-eastern Australia.

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