BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 890          Total No. of Sites: 38
Survey/Project Name: Misc. Eyre Peninsula Native Fish Surveys
Abstract: The southernmost section of the Eyre Peninsula houses a series of freshwater catchments as discrete outlying habitats in South Australia and the westernmost catchments of south eastern Australia before the extensive Great Australian Bight. The fishes in these catchments have not been documented or studied in detail representing a key data gap at the state level (Hammer et al. 2009), and making conservation and management of the group difficult. Extensive agricultural development in the region and competing demands for limited water resources in a relatively low rainfall region are likely to be key threatening processes, with specific community concern recently arising with regard to environmental water resources in the Little Swamp Catchment (see Alcorn 2009). In 2011 Aquasave Consultants was engaged by the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board (EPNRMB) to undertake a dedicated survey of fishes in the Little Swamp Catchment to: Provide a baseline field assessment of fishes and aquatic habitat. Identify locations of important ecological value and critical life stages as targets for future monitoring. Identify and document indicators for assessing potential impacts of hydrological change and environmental health. A further objective of the study involved training of local EPNRMB staff to be able to undertake independent field fish monitoring. Following this initial study, annual surveys will be conducted at sites across the lower Eyre Peninsula. This dataset is a summary of fish surveys conducted by SA Museum, Aquasave and the EPNRMB on the Eyre Peninsula. REFERENCE: Hammer, M. & Whiterod, N. (2012) Freshwater fish survey of the southern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Report Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board, Government of South Australia. Aquasave Consultants, Adelaide. 23 p.
 
Start Date: 29/09/2010      End Date: 01/12/2020
Survey Type: Fauna only
   
Study Area Description: Lower Eyre Peninsula (have emailed through a shape file)
Objectives
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
Methodology
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation methodology recorded
         Fauna: Hammer, M. & Whiterod, N. (2012) Freshwater fish survey of the southern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Report Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board, Government of South Australia. Aquasave Consultants, Adelaide. 24 p.

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Fauna : Baseline Survey of flora and/or fauna - Standard Biol Survey of SA survey methodology not used.
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:West) - Pt Lincoln Office
Aquasave - Nature Glenelg Trust