BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 680          Total No. of Sites: 62
Survey/Project Name: Mound Spring Survey - 1978 - Nature Conservation Society of SA
Abstract: Mound Spring survey conducted by Nature Conservation Society of South Australia in 1978. Publication: South Australia's mound springs / edited by John Greenslade; Leo Joseph & Anne Reeves Adelaide : Nature Conservation Society of South Australia. 1985.
 
Start Date: 01/01/1977      End Date: 31/12/1978
Survey Type: Vegetation and Fauna
   
Study Area Description: *** No study area description recorded
Objectives
         Vegetation: dates could be tightened up
         Fauna: *** No fauna survey objectives recorded
Methodology
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation methodology recorded
         Fauna: Terrestrial invertebrates were collected from vegetation by beating or sweeping with a net. The soil surface fauna was collected both by suction and pitfall traps. Soil animals were collected by funnel extraction of small soil cores radius 2.5 cm and amongst leaf litter. Invertebrates were collected from various arid habitats - springs, bores, creeks and desert.

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Vegetation : Unclassified - pending reassessment.
Information Authority: Nature Conservation Society of SA Inc