Victorian Subtidal Reef Monitoring Program - Parks Victoria
Victorian Subtidal Reef Monitoring Program - Parks Victoria
Victorian Subtidal Reef Monitoring Program - Parks Victoria
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<strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Technical Series No. 67PPB Sanctuaries <strong>Subtidal</strong> <strong>Reef</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong>During the initial years of monitoring (2003-2005) at the RAAF Base (Site 2), there wasinitially an Ecklonia radiata and Caulerpa bed assemblage, dominated by Caulerpa flexilis,but also including C. longifolia, C. brownii, C. remotifolia and C. simpliciuscula. The totalseaweed cover ranged from 60 to 69 % cover, including 1-7 % cover of encrusting corallinealgae. By the latest survey in 2009, the community structure had changed markedly to seaurchin barren habitat. The only algae present was 18 % cover of encrusting corallines and afew small plants of Caulerpa remotifolia (0.1 % cover; Figures 4.4b and 4.4c).Figure 4.3. Yellow Hyphae Sponge and sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma observed at RAAFbase, 24 April 2009. Note the sponge growing over the top of sea urchins.34
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