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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79
Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study
INDEX OF FIGURES AND TABLES
FIGURES
Figure 1. Locations of IMCRA mesoscale (i.e. 100-1000km) bioregions (IMCRA
2006 v4) .......................................................................................................................... 1
Figure 2. Eastern Victoria with IMCRA mesoscale bioregions, Marine National
Parks and Marine Sanctuaries. ........................................................................................ 4
Figure 3. Algal beds on subtidal reef at Wilsons Promontory Marine National
Park in the Flinders bioregion .......................................................................................... 5
Figure 4. A common species in the park: butterfly perch Caesioperca lepidoptera
at Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park. .................................................................. 7
Figure 5. Hermit crab (probably Strigopagurus strigimanus) in Wilsons
Promontory Marine National Park. Photo by Julian Finn Museum of Victoria. ................ 10
Figure 6. Location map of Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park with high
resolution and 1:250,000 bathymetry. Subtidal reef monitoring sites inside
and outside the MNP are shown, there are no intertidal monitoring sites. ...................... 11
Figure 7. Crayweed Phyllospora comosa in Wilsons Promontory Marine National
Park ............................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 8. Substrate and biota mapping of Wilsons Promontory Marine National
Park. .............................................................................................................................. 13
Figure 9. Seirococcus axillarus (centre of frame) with Ecklonia radiata in Wilsons
Promontory Marine National Park. ................................................................................. 18
Figure 10. Yellow zoanthid Parazoanthus sp. and sponge in Wilsons Promontory
Marine National Park. Photo by Julian Finn, Museum of Victoria. .................................. 20
Figure 11. Old wife Enoplosius armatus over a Phyllospora bed in Wilsons
Promontory Marine National Park.................................................................................. 28
Figure 12. Red Velvetfish Gnathanacanthus goetzeei in Wilsons Promontory
Marine National Park. Photo by Mark Norman, Museum of Victoria. .............................. 31
Figure 13. Intertidal soft sediment of Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park .................... 33
Figure 14. Location map of Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park with
1:250,000 bathymetry. Subtidal reef monitoring sites inside and outside the
MNP are shown, there are no monitoring sites. ............................................................. 35
Figure 15. Location of habitat types based on coarse geology mapping.
Geological and biological sites of significance for Ninety Mile Beach Marine
National Park also indicated. ......................................................................................... 36
Figure 16. Steep dunes bordering Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park ........................ 41
Figure 17. Location map of Point Hicks Marine National Park with high resolution
bathymetry. Subtidal reef monitoring sites inside and outside the MNP are
shown, there are no intertidal monitoring sites. .............................................................. 46
Figure 18. Aerial view of the coast of Point Hicks Marine National Park (QASCO
20/01/04). Photography ortho-rectified by PIRVic. Figure from Ball and Blake
(2007)............................................................................................................................ 48
Figure 19. Substrate mapping of Point Hicks Marine National Park showing sites
of geological significance............................................................................................... 49
Figure 20. Biota mapping of Point Hicks Marine National Park showing sites of
biological significance. ................................................................................................... 50
Figure 21. Sponge garden in Point Hicks Marine National Park. Photo by Mark
Norman Museum of Victoria. ......................................................................................... 51
Figure 22. Blue mussels Mytilus edulis on subtidal reef in Point Hicks Marine
National Park. Photo by Mark Norman Museum of Victoria. .......................................... 52
Figure 23. Banded stingaree Urolophus cruciatus in Point Hicks Marine National
Park. Photo by Mark Norman Museum of Victoria. ........................................................ 54
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