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SZ247: Bat survey from the Western Desert Resources Towns River project area, NT Table 4. Summary of variables from representative call sequences of the species identified <strong>and</strong> the call types recognised. Species s,p 1 Duration (msec) 2 Max Frequency (kHz) 2 Char frequency (kHz) 2 Gould’s wattled bat 3,56 8.2 ± 2.1 36.9 ± 6.0 29.6 ± 2.0 Chalinolobus gouldii 4.4 – 13.7 30.1 – 52.6 26.7 – 34.2 Northern free-tailed bat 5,73 9.3 ± 4.2 31.5 ± 5.4 22.9 ± 2.1 Chaerephon jobensis 4.3 – 21.4 20.0 – 38.8 18.4 – 27.1 Hoary wattled bat Chalinolobus nigrogriseus / 7,96 5.8 ± 1.2 48.8 ± 5.7 38.5 ± 1.1 Little broad-nosed bat 3.4 – 8.3 40.2 – 65.6 36.0 – 40.2 Scotorepens greyii Unidentified long-eared bat 8,30 3.8 ± 0.6 65.2 ± 6.4 48.7 ± 3.6 Nyctophilus sp. 3.0 – 5.2 55.9 – 82.5 43.2 – 57.1 Northern pipistrelle Pipistrellus adamsi / 4,13 4.8 ± 1.0 53.0 ± 3.5 47.6 ± 1.4 Northern pipistrelle 3.0 – 6.9 48.8 – 60.2 45.5 – 49.7 Pipistrellus westralis Orange leaf-nosed bat 1,2 (Fpz) 3 Rhinonicteris aurantia 7.3 – 9.5 111.2 Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat Saccolaimus flaviventris / 9,63 12.5 ± 2.9 25.3 ± 2.6 19.8 ± 1.3 Bare-rumped sheath-tailed bat 8.6 – 20.1 17.5 – 28.5 16.4 – 22.0 Saccolaimus saccolaimus Common sheath-tailed bat 6,28 13.8 ± 1.8 25.6 ± 0.7 24.7 ± 0.4 Taphozous georgianus 9.8 – 16.8 24.5 – 28.1 24.0 – 25.6 Northern cave bat 6,54 4.6 ± 0.7 69.4 ± 4.4 62.1 ± 0.9 Vespadelus caurinus 3.1 – 5.7 63.0 – 84.2 60.2 – 64.5 1 s,p: number of sequences measured, combined total number of pulses measured; 2 Mean ± SD; range; 3 The frequency with the greatest or peak number of cycles, designated as 'Fpz' in AnalookW. Page 23 of 33
SZ247: Bat survey from the Western Desert Resources Towns River project area, NT Table 5. Details of bats captured <strong>and</strong> observed during the survey in the MLA – Towns River project area. See Figure 4 for some representative photographs. Date Site GPS Field identification DNA ID Sex Age Forearm mm Captures 31/01/2012 M01 53L 509392 8324155 Nyctophilus geoffroyi N. geoffroyi Female Adult 36.6 N1 3633-3636 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Nyctophilus geoffroyi N. geoffroyi Female Adult 35.4 N2 3637-3641 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii No data Female Adult 32.5 V1 3642-3645 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Female Adult 31.7 V2 3646-3652 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii No data Female Adult 33.99 V3 3653-3657 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Female Adult 32.45 V4 3658-3661 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Female Adult 32.9 V5 3662-3665 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Chaerephon jobensis C. jobensis Female Adult 48.56 CJ1 3666-3668 1/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Chaerephon jobensis C. jobensis Male Adult 49.51 CJ2 3669-3674 1/02/2012 H01 53L 515218 8322973 Nyctophilus geoffroyi N. geoffroyi Female Adult 34.8 N3 3697-3701 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Female Subadult? 32.5 V6 3702-3705 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Male Adult 30.64 V7 3706-3710 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Female Subadult? 33.01 V8 3711-3714 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Chalinolobus nigrogriseus C. nigrogriseus Female Subadult? 34.52 CN1 3715-3719 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Chalinolobus nigrogriseus C. nigrogriseus Female Subadult? 34.74 CN2 3720-3722 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Scotorepens greyii S. greyii Female Adult 33.68 V9 3723-3728 2/02/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Chalinolobus nigrogriseus C. nigrogriseus Female Subadult? 35.33 CN3 3729-3731 3/02/2012 M03 53L 507733 8325315 Scotorepens greyii Scotorepens sp. Male Adult 32.13 S1 3732-3736 3/02/2012 M03 53L 507733 8325315 Chalinolobus nigrogriseus C. nigrogriseus Female Adult 32.94 CN4 3737-3740 3/02/2012 M03 53L 507733 8325315 Saccolaimus flaviventris No data Female Adult 76.7 SF1 3741-3756 Observations 30/1/2012 D02 53L 510632 8325676 Pteropus sp. — — — — — 31/1/2012 AN05 53L 507407 8325264 Pteropus sp. — — — — — 1/2/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Pteropus sp. — — — — — 2/2/2012 M02 53L 515751 8322949 Pteropus sp. — — — — — Biopsy label Photos Page 24 of 33
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EcOz Environmental Services Draft E
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Document Control Record Prepared by
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5.5 Sensitive Habitats ............
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Figure 25: Notable habitat identifi
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Appendices FAUNA APPENDICES Appendi
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Figure 1: Locations for three propo
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Table 1: A summary of key informati
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• Fine scale vegetation mapping (
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Coastal Port Facilities The coastal
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“Vegetation mapping is not an exa
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• Water bodies - The waterbodies
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2.3 Groundwater Dependant Ecosystem
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Haul Road Transport Corridor Five s
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Figure 2: Map of all fauna survey l
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Bat Survey Bat species present were
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The Freshwater fish surveys were ca
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2.6 Targeted Surveys 2.6.1 Bare-rum
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Figure 3: The IUCN Red List categor
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D-3. Desktop Review 3.1 Climate The
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3.3 Sites of Conservation Significa
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3.4 Topography and Geomorphology Th
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Figure 6: Five-year fire scar map o
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3.6 Weeds Weed data was collected f
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3.7.2 Flora Records Flora surveys w
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Figure 10: Map of existing flora re
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Figure 11: Proposed site layout pla
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Table 9: Five main vegetation and l
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Veg. Type Table 10: Vegetation Type
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Figure 13: Five main vegetation typ
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4.3.2 Vegetation Condition The fire
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(note that conceptual site layout h
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Site Photo Description F5 F6 F7 F8a
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Site Photo Description F12 F13 F14
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4.5.2 Fauna Survey Results The Wet
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Figure 24: Locations of freshwater
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4.7 Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat Surv
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Figure 25: Notable habitat identifi
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Sections of the McArthur land syste
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Table 14: Land system and vegetatio
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Land System Landform Soils Vegetati
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5.3 Vegetation Surveys National Veg
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NVIS Level 3 Veg ID Description (ad
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Figure 27: Haul road (and surrounds
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5.3.1 Notable flora records Surveys
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Towns Survey - Lower Reaches Site 4
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Towns Survey - Upper Site 3 Site 4
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Table 18: Fauna site habitat descri
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diversity. The riparian zone and ad
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Figure 34: Map 1 of 4 - Haul road s
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Figure 36: Map 3 of 4 - Haul road s
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5.5.2 Rocky Sandstone Ridges Rocky
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feature the three species of freshw
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Figure 39: Land system map of the c
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Table 22: Vegetation type summaries
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6.3.2 Vegetation Condition The vege
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6.3.4 Introduced Plant Species Envi
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Site Photo Description Site 4 Site
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6.4.2 Fauna Survey Results The surv
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6.5 Sensitive Habitats None of the
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6.5.4 Melaleuca Swamp This is a rel
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Figure 46: Map of threatened and no
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SCIENTIFIC NAME Falcunculus frontat
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7.1.2 Migratory Shorebirds The Gulf
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7.1.4 Proposed Status Changes In 20
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SCIENTIFIC NAME LENTIBULARIACEAE Ut
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D-9. References Aldrick, JM & Wilso
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NRETAS 2006, Threatened Species of
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Client: Western Desert Resources Lt
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME VARANID
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME STATU S
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25%), Jacksonia odontoclada (fq 25%
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Ground: Crotalaria montana (fq 33%)
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Carissa lanceolata (fq 25%), Dolich
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Ground: Polygala longifolia (fq 67%
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cunninghamii (fq 67%), Grevillea pa
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Ground: Bulbostylis barbata (fq 67%
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graminea (fq 33%), Nesaea muelleri
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Site ID Map Easting Northing Descri
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Table 10-5: Vegetation Assessment o
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Site ID Map Easting Northing W54 2
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Site ID Map Easting Northing Client
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