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School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne lists 44 datasets on data.gov.au. 12 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.
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44 datasetsThese are the datasets School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne lists on data.gov.au. A vote asks us to serialise one. Only the licence can stop us, so a dataset without an open licence cannot take a vote.
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| A description of the reproductive cycle of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in VictoriaThis study used histological methods to describe the reproductive cycle of Lepsiella vinosa. L.vinosa was collected from the West Head rocky shore on 12 occasions between April 1975 and March 1976. Individual shell lengths were measured and the soft tissue of the animals removed… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| A survey of limpets on an intertidal rocky shore in Western Port Bay, VictoriaThis data set is from a survey comparing the size and shape of limpets in the high intertidal zone compared to the low intertidal zone on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria. On 10 sampling occasions from April to October 1987 the length, width, height, distance from… | CSV, HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Algal culture mediumThis resource provides instructions to prepare Modified Provasoli's Enriched Seawater (PES). The solution is suitable for growing marine algae under laboratory conditions. | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download | |
| An investigation of hypothesis testing and power analysis in impact assessment, using case studies of marine infauna.This thesis used several BACI-style statistical tests for impact (MBACI and BACI-style planned comparisons) and examined the statistical power of the tests using infaunal data from 2 long-term monitoring programs. The monitoring programs were conducted between 1982 and 1994 to… | HTML, PDF | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Comparing the effects of an introduced and native species of bryozoanAn experiment was conducted to compare the effects of the introduced bryozoan, Bugula neritina, and the native bryozoan, Bugula dentata, on sessile invertebrate assemblages. Individuals of both species were collected from Workshops Jetty and Altona Pier prior to the experiment… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Denitrification measurements of sediments using cores and chambers: comparison of fluxes and denitrification efficienciesDenitrification is a microbial process that takes place on and within sediment and results in the transformation of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to nitrogen gas (N2), which is subsequently lost to the atmosphere. In coastal waters denitrification is an important pathway for the… | HTML, XLS | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Ecological effects of introduced sessile marine invertebrates.Manipulative field experiments were used to investigate the effects of the ascidians Botryllus schlosseri and Ascidiella aspersa and the bryozoan Bugula neritina on sessile invertebrate assemblages. Experiments were conducted on perspex plates suspended from Workshops Jetty… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Effects of human activities on intertidal gastropodsThis data was collected to investigate the relationship between human activities and size distribution of gastropods on rocky shores. It was predicted that there would be a negative correlation between the level of human activity and the average size of gastropod species such as… | CSV, HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Effects of introduced sessile invertebrates: removal experiments.Three removal experiments were conducted to test the effects of the introduced species, Bugula neritina, Ascidiella aspersa and Botryllus schlosseri on sessile invertebrate assemblages. Each experiment was run for approximately 2 months between 28th November 2004 and 13th… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Effects of introduced species on the recruitment of sessile invertebrates.This experiment was conducted to determine if an established Botryllus schlosseri colony affected the recruitment of sessile invertebrates. Small perspex plates that had been in the field for 8 weeks and then in a laboratory water table were used to test this hypothesis… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Effects of periodic trampling on rocky intertidal algal beds: Hormosira banksii coverThis study examines the effects of trampling on rocky intertidal platforms dominated by the brown algae Hormosira banksii. This dataset gives the percent cover of Hormosira banskii in response to four levels of experimental trampling applied over six summers, between 1991 and… | HTML, XLS | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Effects of periodic trampling on the abundance of mobile animals within Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal communitiesThis study assesses the effects of trampling on Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal algal beds within Point Nepean National Park over six summers between 1991 and 1996. This dataset gives the number of mobile animals (N per m2) within beds of Hormosira banksii after… | HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Effects of periodic trampling on the percentage cover of understory algae within Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal communitiesThis study assesses the effects of trampling on Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal algal beds within Point Nepean National Park, Victoria, over six summers between 1991 and 1996. This dataset gives the percent cover of understory algae within beds of Hormosira banksii… | HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Effects of Sabella spallanzanii physical structure on soft sediment macrofaunal assemblages: effects on colonisationThe introduced European polychaete Sabella spallanzanii has become a dominant feature of sub-tidal habitats in south-eastern Australia. This study examines the physical effects of Sabella spallanzanii on macrofaunal assembleges of soft sediments. Macrofaunal assemblages were… | XLS | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Effects of Sabella spallanzanii physical structure on soft sediment macrofaunal assemblages: effects on existing assemblagesThe introduced European polychaete Sabella spallanzani has become a dominant feature of sub-tidal habitats in south-eastern Australia. This study examines the physical effects of Sabella spallanzanii on macrofaunal assembleges of soft sediments. The effects of S. spallanzanii… | XLS | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Effects of trampling on rocky intertidal communitiesThis data is from an experiment that was designed to assess the impact of trampling on Hormosira mats, Xenostrobus beds and in areas of 'bare-rock' where Siphonaria diemenensis are the numerically dominant gastropod species. Experimental plots were walked on a number of times… | CSV, HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Feeding patterns of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in VictoriaThis study used observations of Lepsiella vinosa and surveys of prey species to describe the diet of L.vinosa on rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. The numbers of individual L.vionsa observed feeding were recorded during the surveys of Site 1 and Site 2 from 1975 to 1978 (see… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Growth rate of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in VictoriaThis study used a mark-recapture method to examine the patterns of shell growth of Lepsiella vinosa on the rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. Individuals were collected from the West Head shore on 24th March 1974 and 29th May 1975. They were transported back to the laboratory… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Historical effects of periodic trampling on the cover of Hormosira banksiiThis study examines the effects of experimental trampling on Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal platforms within the Point Nepean National Park, Victoria between 1991 and 1996. This dataset gives the percent cover of the brown algae Hormosira banskii in response to… | HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Human activities in Bunurong Marine Park, VictoriaThis data was collected to quantify the recreational use of the Bunurong Marine Park. Observations were made on 139 days at 11 locations within the Park from 8th January 1990 to the 22nd April 1991. At each location the number of people and the activity of each person on the… | CSV, HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Human activity and its effects on marine intertidal plant and animal populations: monitoring and managementThis thesis examines the relationships between human use and biological changes in the rocky intertidal zone of the Bunurong Marine Park, Victoria between January 1990 and June 1991. The key areas of activities were to i) describe the types and patterns of human activities on… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Laboratory experiment measuring expected drag forces on limpetsThe expected drag forces that the average sized limpets were exposed to in the high and low intertidal zones at Griffith Point, Victoria were estimated in a continuously circulating flow tank. The flow tank was 1.8m x 20.5cm x 19.5cm and had a maximum velocity of 0.5m/s. To… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Latrobe Valley Ocean Outfall (LVOO) infaunal monitoring program near 90 Mile Beach, VictoriaThe LVOO outfall was commissioned in 1992 to discharge a mixed effluent of domestic sewage and industrial wastewaters, including pulp mill effluent and formation water from offshore oil platforms. This data was collected to assess the impact of the outfall on the surrounding… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Marine algal culture collectionThis dataset provides details of over 1700 marine algal samples collected throughout the world between 1964 and 2010. The algal samples are kept in laboratory cultures at the University of Melbourne. The dataset includes the species name, date and location of collection, and the… | XLS | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Mortality of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in VictoriaThis study investigated mortality of egg capsules, juveniles, and adult Lepsiella vinosa on the rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. Observations conducted between 1974 and 1979 indicated that polychaetes, nematodes, nemerteans, planarians and mollusks all prey on L.vinosa egg… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Movement patterns of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in VictoriaThis study investigated the movement of Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore during October 1976 and May 1977. Forty-eight individuals were marked in the October observation period and 100 individuals were marked during the May period. The movements of individuals were… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Physical and biological factors influencing larval supply of reef fish to the lagoon of Lord Howe IslandAbundances of reef fish larvae, conspecific adults and habitat type were measured at 5 sites in the Lord Howe Island lagoon. Light traps were deployed daily over a 28 day period in November and December 2004 to estimated larvae abundances. Transects and visual surveys were used… | HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Population dynamics of the intertidal limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis at Griffith Point, Victoria.A combination of surveys and experiments were used to determine the size distribution, recruitment, mortality and growth rates of Siphonaria diemenensis in 2 zones on the rocky shore at Griffith Point, San Remo, Victoria. One zone was in the high intertidal (Zone 2) and one was… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Recovery of algal communities from human disturbanceThis data is from an experiment investigating the recovery of disturbed areas of Hormosira banskii. This experiment was done at 3 sites within Bunurong Marine Park from May 1990 to December 1991. Quadrats were disturbed by removing as much H.banksii as possible by hand and then… | CSV, HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Recovery of the encrusting bryozoan, Parasmittina delicatula, from damage at Flinders, Victoria.Parasmittina delicatula colonies were located on the Flinders pier in early 1999 and assigned to a small size class (10-15mm) or large size class (30mm or more). Each colony was damaged by scraping colony parts according to assigned treatment. The treatments were large control (… | HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Reproductive patterns of the intertidal limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis at Griffith Point, VictoriaA combination of surveys and experiments were used to assess the reproductive patterns of Siphonaria diemenensis in 2 zones on the rocky shore at Griffith Point, San Remo, Victoria. One zone was in the high intertidal (Zone 2) and one was in the low intertidal area on the shore… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Responses of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan to the removal of growing tips: short term patterns of regeneration.In colonial organisms, physical damage or predation can result in the loss of part of the colony. Although the colony may survive, the loss of part of the colony may alter patterns of growth and reproduction. In this study, the response of Bugula neritina, an arborescent… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Responses of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to the removal of growing tips at different locations within the colonyFor colonial organisms physical damage or predation can result in the loss of part of the colony. Although the colony may survive, the loss of part of the colony may alter patterns of growth and reproduction. In this study the response of Bugula neritina, an arborescent… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Saline Wastewater Outfall Pipeline (SWOP) infaunal monitoring program near 90 Mile Beach, VictoriaThis data was collected to assess the impact of a saline wastewater discharge outlet from a power station that commenced discharging in mid 1983. Infaunal samples were collected from an impacted location (McGaurans Beach) and 2 control locations at Woodside Beach at depths of 3… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Spatially variable effects of copper on sessile invertebrates across a marinaA manipulative field experiment was used to assess the spatial variation in the effect of copper on sessile invertebrates within a marina in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Sessile invertebrate assemblages were grown on perspex plates for 6 weeks and then dosed with plaster blocks… | HTML, XLS | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| The ecology of the two populations of the intertidal pulmonate limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis.The ecology of 2 populations of the limpet Siphonaria diemenensis were investigated on the rocky intertidal shore at Griffith Point, San Remo, Victoria from 1979 to 1981. One population was on flat rock in the high intertidal area (Zone 1) and the other population was on the… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| The feeding ecology of the intertidal limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis at Griffith Point, Victoria.This study was conducted from December 1979 to December 1981 to determine the diet of Siphonaria diemenensis in the high and low intertidal zone on the rocky shore at Griffith Point, San Remo, Victoria. Gut contents analysis indicated that in both zones the limpets were feeding… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| The importance of predation in shaping marine sessile communities at Williamstown, VictoriaPredation on newly settled individuals has been shown to shape sessile invertebrate communities of the northeast coast of North America. This study tests if this response can also be observed at other geographic locations that support different assemblage of sessile… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| The population biology and predatory behaviour of Lepsiella vinosa (Lamarck 1822)The population biology of the small predatory thaid gastropod Lepsiella vinosa was investigated on the rocky shore surrounding West Head, Western Port Bay, Victoria from June 1975 to December 1978. Details of the population dynamics, growth, reproduction, mortality, movement… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| The population dynamics of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in VictoriaThis study surveyed the size distribution of Lepsiella vinosa at 3 sites on the rocky shore at West Head, Victoria. Monthly or bi-monthly searchers were conducted from June 1975 to August 1978 during spring low tide. Every individual L.vinosa found at the 3 sites was measured to… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| The role of copper in facilitating the invasion of sessile marine invertebrate communities by pests: effects of copper pulse frequency in developing assemblagesDisturbance events are thought to provide an opportunity for the colonisation and establishment of invasive species. Contamination of coastal waters with copper from sewage outfall and antifouling paints may create a disturbance that favours the establishment of introduced… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| The role of copper in facilitating the invasion of sessile marine invertebrate communities by pests: effects of copper pulse frequency in established assemblagesDisturbance events are thought to provide an opportunity for the colonisation and establishment of invasive species. Contamination of coastal waters with copper from sewage outfall and antifouling paints may create a disturbance that favours the establishment of introduced… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Variation in the size and shape of limpets (Siphonaria diemenensis) on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, VictoriaThis study examined differences in the size and shape of Siphonaria diemenensis in the high and low intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria. The tenacities of individual limpets and wave action in the 2 zones were also measured. All fieldwork was… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Wave action in different intertidal zones on a rocky shore in VictoriaWave action was measured on 10 sampling occasions from April to October 1987 in the high and low intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria. Forty dynamometers (20 in each zone) were deployed on each sampling occasion and left out for 2 tidal cycles (approx… | CSV, HTML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-11 |
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