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• Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Database

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  A database was created by the WA Museum to provide easy access to information on more than 1450 documented shipwrecks in Western Australian waters. The database contains shipwrecks dating from 1622 and can be searched by: - name, - date, - type of vessel, -…

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• Biodiversity of marine fauna on the Central West Coast, Western Australia

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  The WA Museum with funding from Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) focused on documenting the fauna of the Central West Coast, Western Australia, specifically the diversity of fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, scleractinian…

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• Survey of the Marine Fauna of the Montebello Islands, Western Australia

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  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 major habitats were sampled by 45 stations for the following fauna: scleractinian…

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• Survey of the Marine Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  Christmas Island intertidal habitat and all subtidal habitats to 20m were surveyed by the Western Australian Museum from 10-24 February 1987. Fauna surveyed included hermatypic corals, molluscs, decapod crustaceans, echinoderms and fishes.

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• Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, Princess Royal Harbour, South-Western Australia. III. Consequences of seagrass loss

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  The study draws on the results of the studies described in metadata records (e3196ef0-e33c-11dc-97b4-00188b4c0af8 and 9c793960-e5af-11dc-a14a-00188b4c0af8) to demonstrate some of the effects of the loss of seagrasses to the total ecosystem. The area of meadows…

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• Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, Princess Royal Harbour, South-Western Australia I. Seagrass biomass, productivity and contribution to sediments

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  The above- and below-ground biomass of three seagrass species, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, were measured within Princess Royal Harbour. Three sites were used of varying water movement and eutrophication. Sediment samples…

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• Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, Princess Royal Harbour, South-Western Australia. II. Distribution, composition and abundance of macrofauna

  Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

  Quantitative samples of the macrofauna from three seagrass species, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, and nearby non-vegetated area were collected from three sites within Princess Royal Harbour in January 1998. The structure and…

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