Brief description
A research program jointly conducted by Alginates (Australia) P/L and C.S.I.R.O. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography was set up to investigate the relationship between kelp: Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh 1820 and crayfish larvae. Alginates (Australia) P/L, based at Louisville in the Mercury Passage, were harvesting kelp at this time. This study was initiated to address concerns regarding the effect of harvesting on crayfish stocks.The survey results are taken from an unpublished interim report presenting the results of the work at that stage (1965).
Apparently an aerial survey was used to determine stock distributions although this is not specified in the report.
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Subjects
BOUNDARIES |
ECOLOGY Community |
ECOLOGY Ecosystem |
ECOLOGY Habitat |
FISHERIES Marine |
FLORA Native |
MARINE Coasts |
MARINE Reefs |
VEGETATION Floristic |
VEGETATION Structural |
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Identifiers
- Local : survey-of-the-extent-of-macrocystis-pyrifera-beds-in-the-vicinity-of-the-mercury-passage-east-c1
- URI : data.gov.au/data/dataset/b33fe624-331d-4f49-984d-9503d14f030e
