University of Western Australia

Organisation

University of Western Australia

Projects:

  • This study tested the efficacy of bubble curtains as an exclusion device for herbivorous fishes. Specifically, it asked whether changes in transplanted seaweed biomass and fish feeding rates differ among unprotected transplants, caged transplants or transplants protected by bubble curtains. In addition, they compared bubble curtains with a benthic exclusion area of 0.785 and 3.14m2 to examine the effect of curtain size on herbivore exclusion.