Distribution and abundance of large invertebrate herbivores in south-western Australia, and their potential links to local and regional processes

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

A three-pronged approach was taken to quantify patterns of abundance and coexistance at small (centimetres) to very large (hundreds of kilometres) spatial scales. This was through a 'spatio-temporal survey' (tested hypotheses about spatial and temporal variation in abundances along < 40 km of coastline and over 26 months), 'large-scale survey' (tested hypotheses about spatial variation in a hierarchical design along > 400 km of coastline) and 'nearest-neighbour study' (tested a hypothesis about the spatial segregation of individual sea urchins at several places on one reef).

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Title Distribution and abundance of large invertebrate herbivores in south-western Australia, and their potential links to local and regional processes
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9b1f5549-4820-4dcb-b261-5c3bc9cf67d2
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
mat.vanderklift@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/1999 - 01/05/2001
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Distribution and abundance of large invertebrate herbivores in south-western Australia, and their potential links to local and regional processes". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/distribution-and-abundance-of-large-invertebrate-herbivores-in-south-western-australia-and-thei