Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census VIII Results – 12 th September 2015 Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census VIII was a joint partnership between Southern Cross University (SCU) http://scu.edu.au/ and the Combined Hunter Underwater Group (CHUG) http://combinedhunterunderwatergroup.weebly.com For more information email: [email protected]Sea Slug Census VIII – The best census ever! Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census VIII set a whole host of records; we cracked the 100 mark, with 100 different divers taking part in censuses since they started in December 2013; we found the highest number of species on a census (88 vs 68 in SSCII); we had the most species found on a census by a Citizen Science team (35 vs 28 in SSCII); and the most species by a Scientific team (48 vs 45 in SSC II). Thanks to everyone who took part and made this our most successful census ever ! Ashley Smith, Bec Neil, Bob Staddon, Cath Shorthouse, Charlotte Elliott, Cherie Dodd, Daryl Ditton, David Atkinson, Di Pacey, Duncan Heuer, Edi Payrleitner, Ian Marriner, Ian Shaw, Jacqui Ashby, Janet Michael, John Turnbull, Kate Tinson, Margo Smith, Matt Nimbs, Meryl Larkin, Mick Milton, Nicola Davis, Peter Davey, Peter Ryan, Ron Bowditch, Steve Smith, Susan Rowe, Tom Davis, Tom Mair, and Tommy Zhang. Results: The highest number of species found by a ‘Citizen Science team’ in SSC VIII was 35 species found by two teams: (Cath Shorthouse & Kate Tinson) and (David Atkinson, Peter Davey & Tommy Zhang). The highest number of species found by a ‘Scientific team’ in SSC VIII was 48 species found by Steve Smith & Matt Nimbs. (Note: Scientific teams had prior knowledge of nudibranch distributions from surveys conducted in the census lead up) A summary of the number of participants and species found in all censuses to date is shown in the table below. In total 100 people have taken part since censuses started, and 148 species have been found including 21 species that were not in the list of species for Port Stephens compiled at the start of the censuses (i.e. new species). Census Date Number of participants Sea Slug Species found on censuses New Species Most species by Citizen Science team Most species by Scientific team VIII 12/9/15 31 88 6 35 48 VII 6/6/16 22 46 0 19 25 VI 7/3/15 42 68 3 25 28 V 13/12/14 43 65 1 20 28 IV 13/9/14 38 51 2 16 26 III 14/6/14 21 48 2 20 19 II 8/3/14 22 69 4 28 45 I 8/12/13 24 53 3 16 35 Total all censuses 100 148 21
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Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census VIII Results – 12th September 2015
Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census VIII was a joint partnership between Southern Cross University (SCU) http://scu.edu.au/ and the Combined Hunter
Underwater Group (CHUG) http://combinedhunterunderwatergroup.weebly.com For more information email: [email protected]
Sea Slug Census VIII – The best census ever!
Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census VIII set a whole host of records; we cracked the 100 mark, with 100 different
divers taking part in censuses since they started in December 2013; we found the highest number of species
on a census (88 vs 68 in SSCII); we had the most species found on a census by a Citizen Science team (35
vs 28 in SSCII); and the most species by a Scientific team (48 vs 45 in SSC II).
Thanks to everyone who took part and made this our most successful census ever!
Ashley Smith, Bec Neil, Bob Staddon, Cath Shorthouse, Charlotte Elliott, Cherie Dodd, Daryl Ditton, David
Atkinson, Di Pacey, Duncan Heuer, Edi Payrleitner, Ian Marriner, Ian Shaw, Jacqui Ashby, Janet Michael,
John Turnbull, Kate Tinson, Margo Smith, Matt Nimbs, Meryl Larkin, Mick Milton, Nicola Davis, Peter
Davey, Peter Ryan, Ron Bowditch, Steve Smith, Susan Rowe, Tom Davis, Tom Mair, and Tommy Zhang.
Results:
The highest number of species found by a ‘Citizen Science team’ in SSC VIII was 35 species found by
two teams: (Cath Shorthouse & Kate Tinson) and (David Atkinson, Peter Davey & Tommy Zhang).
The highest number of species found by a ‘Scientific team’ in SSC VIII was 48 species found by Steve
Smith & Matt Nimbs. (Note: Scientific teams had prior knowledge of nudibranch distributions from surveys conducted
in the census lead up)
A summary of the number of participants and species found in all censuses to date is shown in the table
below. In total 100 people have taken part since censuses started, and 148 species have been found including
21 species that were not in the list of species for Port Stephens compiled at the start of the censuses (i.e. new