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Investigating Gastropod Habitat Associations In Saltmarsh, Joanne Green, Amanda J. Reichelt-Brushett, S Wl Jacobs

Associate Professor Amanda Reichelt-Brushett

Recent studies have provided new information on the taxonomy of gastropods snails in Australian saltmarsh but little is known of their ecology. For fauna colonisation to be used as a measure of the success of restoration or rehabilitation of degraded saltmarsh, a detailed understanding of the microhabitat associations of the target species in ‘reference’ locations across a range of latitudes is necessary. This study measured the densities of saltmarsh gastropods in two locations in northern New South Wales to determine microhabitat associations that could influence the results of rehabilitation assessment using fauna colonisation in Australian saltmarsh. In this study, Ophicardelus …