Sample name: Lake Macquarie (L22)

Reference: R. J. MacIntyre. 1959. Some aspects of the ecology of Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., with regard to an alleged depletion of fish. VII. The benthic macrofauna. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(3):341-353 [ER 3049]

Habitat: lagoon

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "a weed zone extended from the shore to a depth of 3 or 4 m... Within the lake there is practically no tide... In the weed zone the substrate is in places rocky or pebbly; in others sandy with varying admixtures of mud... Dominant in this zone are the sea-grasses or, on rocky shores, such larger algae as Cystophyllum and Codium"

Life forms: crustaceans,clams,other invertebrates

Sampling methods: other nets

Sample size: 616 individuals

Years: 1956

Seasons: spring

Sampling comments: five samples collected in October
"The survey was conducted from a launch fitted with an electric winch, which hauled a wire cable attached either to a 12-in. triangular dredge fitted with a coarse mesh net for qualitative work or a 0.1 m2 Van Veen grab for quantitative work"
12 "miscellaneous molluscs" are also listed: these might or might not be determinate

Sample number: 3307

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-05-18 16:21:34

Modified: 2019-05-18 06:24:46