icolls - Sustainable Tourism CRC

ECOLOGY, THREATS AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR SMALL ESTUARIES AND ICOLLS
WOO 1 WOO 2 WOO 3 JER 1 JER 2 AINS 1 TALL 1 TALL 2 TALL 3 BEL 1 BEL 2 BEL 3 TAY 1
Gambusia spp. -25.63 0.43 -24.40 0.49
Mogurnda spp. -25.04 0.00
Hypseleotris
spp.
Pseudomugil
signifer
Philypnodon
spp.
-26.83 0.88 -25.50 0.19 -27.31 0.00
Terapon jarbua -21.51 0.37
Centropogon
australis
Anguilla
anguilla
Gobiomorphus
spp.
Ambassis
marianus
Arothron
manilensis
Gerres
subfasciatus
(large)
Gerres
subfasciatus
(small)
Acanthopagrus
australis (large)
Acanthopagrus
australis (small)
Rhabdosargus
sarba
Platycephalus
fuscus (large)
Platycephalus
fuscus
(medium)
Platycephalus
fuscus (small)
Sillago ciliata
(large)
Sillago ciliata
(medium)
Sillago ciliata
(small)
Mugil cephalus
(large)
Mugil cephlaus
(medium)
Mugil cephalus
(small)
-16.20 0.00 -19.10 0.05
-27.22 0.05 -25.36 0.17
-23.54 0.63 -25.32 0.19 -27.90 1.07
-27.14 0.00
-21.18 0.00 -22.21 0.00
-20.20 0.77 -29.79 0.00 -24.41 0.55 -23.30 0.00 -24.84 0.33
-25.60 0.50 -24.40 0.40 -21.72 0.63 -24.90 0.65
-24.45 0.00
-23.60 0.50 -30.10 0.00 -23.40 0.74 -27.73 0.30 -21.58 0.24 -19.88 0.39
-21.02 0.00 -21.25 0.00 -21.70 1.08 -21.33 1.91 -20.60 0.00
-14.50 0.80 -19.67 0.00
-18.13 0.00 -19.20 0.00
-17.02 0.00 -18.75 0.00 -22.87 0.00 -19.67 0.00
-15.47 0.00
-15.84 0.00 -13.85 0.00
-21.95 0.00 -20.96 1.05 -22.62 0.00
-12.23 0.00 -16.50 0.15 -18.07 0.00 -20.82 0.95 -22.02 0.47 -18.53 0.41
-15.62 0.00 -15.62 0.00
-14.98 0.00 -16.00 0.55 -18.00 0.00 -20.53 0.00 -20.73 0.00
-16.19 0.00 -21.50 1.55 -22.90 2.57 -23.36 0.64 -19.72 1.69 -28.55 0.00 -26.77 0.90
-18.46 0.00 -14.55 0.08 -20.10 0.27 -23.33 0.82 -24.67 2.55
Achylopa nigra -16.39 0.00 -15.26 0.00 -20.24 0.00
Bufo marinus -25.50 1.73
Larus
-22.45 0.00
novaehollandiae
Table 4: Mean and S.E. δ15N values for all food web components sampled from all study ICOLLs
(Site Codes are as follows: WOO = Lake Woolgoolga, JER = Jerusalem Creek, AINS = Lake Ainsworth, TALL = Tallows
Creek, BEL = Belongil Creek and TAY = Taylors Lagoon).
WOO 1 WOO 2 WOO 3 JER 1 JER 2 AINS 1 TALL 1 TALL 2 TALL 3 BEL 1 BEL 2 BEL 3 TAY 1
Sample δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e. δ 15 N s.e.
BFPOM 2.80 0.00 2.48 0.00 3.45 0.00 1.41 0.00 3.93 0.00 7.92 0.00 11.42 0.00 14.91 0.00 2.06 0.00 1.74 0.00 2.22 0.00 2.77 0.00
BCPOM 2.08 0.00 1.51 0.00 1.40 0.00 0.62 0.00 2.51 0.00 3.03 0.00 4.08 0.00 1.85 0.00 12.79 0.00 1.89 0.00 -1.52 0.00 -0.28 0.00 0.11 0.00
Periphyton 3.41 0.00 3.85 1.05 3.33 0.00 1.99 0.00 4.70 1.60 8.40 0.50 16.52 0.50 6.16 0.88 -0.30 0.00 2.32 0.00
Epilithon 3.10 0.00 16.29 0.00 17.44 0.00 6.76 0.00
Epiphytes 17.97 0.00
Floating Algae 1.72 0.00
Red Algae 8.88 0.00 12.05 0.00 8.87 0.00 2.67 0.00
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