Biotic group Family Species Common Name WP NMB BR PH CH Stercorarius skua Great Skua 1 Sulidae Morus serrator Australasian Gannet 1 1 1 1 1 Threskiornithidae Platalea regia Royal Spoonbill 1 1 Threskiornis molucca White Ibis 1 1 1 Total birds 44 49 29 38 53 Reptiles Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle 1 Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle 1 Hydrophiidae Pelamis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake 1 1 Total reptiles 0 0 1 0 3 Mammals Balaenidae Eubalaena australis Southern Right Whale 1 1 1 1 Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke Whale 1 Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale 1 1 1 1 Delphinidae Delphinus delphis Common Dolphin 1 Orcinus orca Killer Whale 1 1 1 Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin 1 Otariidae Arctophoca forsteri New Zealand Fur-seal 1 1 Arctocephalus pusillus Australian Fur-seal 1 1 1 1 Phocidae Hydrurga leptonyx Leopard Seal 1 1 Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal 1 Physeteridae Kogia breviceps Pygmy Sperm Whale 1 1 Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale 1 1 Ziphiidae Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's Beaked Whale 1 Total mammals 9 1 7 5 6 139
Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study 5 Appendix 2 Completed research and monitoring projects carried out under National Parks Act 1975 research permits in or relevant to Flinders and Twofold Shelf MPAs with associated reports. Research Partner Panel (and RPP-like) research projects and monitoring surveys were implemented in partnership with, or commissioned by, Parks Victoria. Several other research projects were also carried out independently under National Parks Act 1975 permits. 1. Wilsons Prom MNP Completed RPP (and RPP-like) Projects and Associated Reports Department of Primary Industries: Anthony Plummer, Liz Morris, Sean Blake, David Ball Marine Natural Values Study. Victorian Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. Plummer, A., Morris, L., Blake, S. and Ball, D. (2003). Marine Natural Values Study, Victorian Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 1, Parks Victoria, Melbourne. Monash University: Janosch Hoffmann, Richard Reina, André Chiaradia Diet and breeding ecology of little penguins, Eudyptula minor, on Rabbit Island, Wilsons Promontory National Park. Hoffmann, J. (2006). The diet and foraging movements of the Little Penguin at Rabbit Island, Victoria. Honours Thesis. School of Biological Sciences, Monash University. University of Melbourne: Jan Carey, Mark Burgman Risk Assessment for Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. Carey, J.M., Burgman, M.A., Boxshall, A., Beilin, R., Flander, L., Pegler, P. and White, A.K. (2007). Identification of threats to <strong>natural</strong> <strong>values</strong> in Victoria’s Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries. Parks Victoria Technical Series No.33. Parks Victoria, Melbourne. Carey, J.M., Boxshall, A., Burgman, M.A., Beilin, R. and Flander, L. (2007) State-wide synthesis of threats to <strong>natural</strong> <strong>values</strong> in Victoria’s Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries. Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 34. Parks Victoria, Melbourne. Carey, J.M., Beilin, R., Boxshall, A. Burgman, M.A. and Flander, L. (2007). Risk-Based Approaches to Deal with Uncertainty in a Data-Poor System: Stakeholder In<strong>vol</strong>vement in Hazard Identification for Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries in Victoria, Australia. Risk Analysis 27(1), 271-281. Carey, J.M. and Burgman, A. (2008) Linguistic Uncertainty in Qualitative Risk Analysis and How to Minimize It. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1128: 13–17. Department of Primary Industries: Simon Heislers, Greg Parry Species diversity and composition of benthic infaunal communities found in Marine National Parks along the outer Victorian coast. Heislers, S. and Parry, G.D. (2007). Species diversity and composition of benthic infaunal communities found in Marine National Parks along the outer Victorian coast. Parks Victoria Technical Paper Series No. 53. Parks Victoria, Melbourne. Deakin University: John Arnould Support for research on island in Wilsons Promontory National Park and Marine National Park. Arnould, J.P.Y., Cherel, Y., Gibbens, J., White, J. G. and Littnan, C. L. (2011). Stable isotopes reveal inter-annual and inter-individual variation in the diet of female Australian fur seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 422: 291–302. Arnould, J.P.Y. and Kirkwood, R. (2008). Habitat selection by female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17: S53–S67. 140