https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Developing effective habitat restoration strategies for the green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) through adaptive management https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31440 Wed 11 Apr 2018 15:57:06 AEST ]]> Estimating the Potential Fishery Benefits from Targeted Habitat Repair: a Case Study of School Prawn (Metapenaeus macleayi) in the Lower Clarence River Estuary https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:47633 Tue 24 Jan 2023 14:24:13 AEDT ]]> Habitat–fishery linkages in two major south-eastern Australian estuaries show that the C4 saltmarsh plant Sporobolus virginicus is a significant contributor to fisheries productivity https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36709 4 saltmarsh plant Sporobolus virginicus had the greatest contribution to consumer diet among almost all sites and times (25–95%), though for prawns the presence of seagrass may be exerting some influence on this calculated contribution in the Clarence estuary. Particulate organic matter (POM; 30%) and fine benthic organic matter (FBOM; 39–41%) also contributed significantly to consumer diet. Mangroves and other C₃ sources generally had the lowest contribution to consumers (1–31%). While the exact contributions of each source are uncertain within our Bayesian framework, these results highlight the relatively large role of saltmarsh habitat as a contributor to fishery productivity, especially in estuaries with no seagrasses. Given the anthropogenic threats to saltmarsh habitat, there is potential for loss of fishery productivity with further loss of saltmarsh areal extent.]]> Thu 25 Jun 2020 16:03:41 AEST ]]> What makes an endangered weed? Investigating the ecological aspects of a declining r-strategist amphibian https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36306 Thu 20 May 2021 12:57:17 AEST ]]> The economic value of fisheries harvest supported by saltmarsh and mangrove productivity in two Australian estuaries https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35377 Mon 22 Jul 2019 13:12:19 AEST ]]> Utilisation of a recovering wetland by a commercially important species of penaeid shrimp https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37463 2), and the average density across the wetland was 244 prawns per 100 m². All areas of the wetland (except the area closest to the wetland mouth) supported the full range of size classes, and multiple cohorts of prawns moved through the system during the sampling program. The asymmetry observed in the distribution of prawns across the wetland is likely to be due to a combination of water quality and inter-specific interactions. These results show that the recovering wetland is supporting a high abundance of School Prawn. Our estimates of recruitment for School Prawn will also be useful in gauging the potential increases in fisheries productivity arising from habitat repair in this, and other systems.]]> Mon 11 Jan 2021 16:09:20 AEDT ]]>