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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79<br />
Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study<br />
3.1.3 MARINE ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES<br />
General<br />
Since the first <strong>natural</strong> <strong>values</strong> report by Plummer et al. (2003) Parks Victoria has invested in<br />
monitoring and mapping surveys in Beware Reef MS. This includes detailed bathymetric<br />
mapping (Figure 41) of the MS (Ball and Blake 2007). There have been four SRMP surveys<br />
of the shallow subtidal reef biota of Beware Reef MS (Edmunds et al. 2005; Williams et al.<br />
2007; Edmunds et al. 2010b). There have been no surveys of the biota of intertidal reef or<br />
the pelagic habitats. From surveys so far (Table 29), red algae dominate the diversity of<br />
macrophytes, fish and birds the vertebrates, however many more species of biota have been<br />
identified and photographed by Friends of Beware Reef. Nearby important locations for<br />
some birds is shown in Figure 42 but there are no recognised significant biota sites in the<br />
MS.<br />
Table 29. Summary of the number of species in major biotic groups found in Beware Reef Marine<br />
Sanctuary.<br />
Biotic group<br />
Number of species<br />
Macrophytes 19<br />
Brown algae 7<br />
Red algae 12<br />
Invertebrates 9<br />
Decapod 3<br />
Chitons 3<br />
Echinoderms 3<br />
Vertebrates 53<br />
Fish 17<br />
Birds 29<br />
Reptiles 1<br />
Mammals 7<br />
Figure 43. Superb feather hydroid Gymnangium superbum in Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary. Photo<br />
taken by Friends of Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary.<br />
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