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Cave fauna monitoring and management at Ida Bay, Tasmania

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: The Ida Bay karst in southern Tasmania contains a diverse and significant cave fauna.Conservation management of the cave fauna has involved: 1, legislative protection of rare and threatened species; 2, protection of sensitive habitats within caves by marking routes and sanctuary areas; and 3, educating cave users, including teaching of minimum impact caving techniques.Monitoring of cave fauna has been undertaken for the purposes of: 1, gathering baseline ecological information for research, visitor management, and interpretation; 2, measuring the ecological impacts of limestone quarrying and subsequent recovery during rehabilitation efforts.

Source: Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement

DOI: 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.64.2001.097-104

Author: Stefan Eberhard

Language: English

Topic: Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2595961185

FWCI: 0.685

Cites: 15

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10