Do sanctuary zones within Jervis Bay Marine Park, NSW maintain a higher biodiversity of soft sediment macrofauna than general use zones outside the marine park?
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | Al Saffar, Zahra (Author) |
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| مؤلفين آخرين: | Mikac, Katarina (Advisor) |
| التاريخ الميلادي: |
2010
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| موقع: | ولونغونغ |
| الصفحات: | 1 - 30 |
| رقم MD: | 752553 |
| نوع المحتوى: | رسائل جامعية |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| الدرجة العلمية: | رسالة ماجستير |
| الجامعة: | Wollongong University |
| الكلية: | School of Biology |
| الدولة: | أستراليا |
| قواعد المعلومات: | +Dissertations |
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| رابط المحتوى: |
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| المستخلص: |
The establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) has been important for the protection and conservation of sensitive marine habitats and their species. In this study the influence of MPA zoning on the spatial distribution of soft sediment macrofauna was investigated from several sanctuary zones within Jervis Bay Marine Park, NSW and compared with general use zones south of the marine park. It was hypothesized that in sanctuary zones where anthropogenic activities such as fishing, bait-pumping and general use (i.e. walking, trampling, etc.) are prohibited that there would be a greater abundance and biodiversity of soft-sediment macrofauna including polychaetes, molluscs and crustaceans. Two sanctuary zones (Currambene Creek and Carama Inlet) and two general use zones (Narawallee Inlet and Sussex Inlet) were sampled twice, once in August and a final time in October 2011. All four of the sites are permanently open estaruies. Polychaetes and molluscs were sampled using sediment corers while crustaceans were sampled using a bait-pump. Data were initially analysed using a two-way ANOVA (site, time and site*time), however because the interaction between site and time was significant for each response variable (total polychaetes, total molluscs, total crustaceans, total abundance and species richness) data were then analysed individually per time and response variable. Overall, the sanctuary zones within JBMP, did maintain higher biodiversity of soft sediment macrofauna (total polychaetes, total molluscs, total crustaceans, total abundance and species richness) compared with the two general use zones sites outside the marine park. Evidently this study shows that MPAs are an important management tool for the conservation of soft-sediments and their macrofauna. |
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