Management options to minimise formation of urchin barrens: measuring changes in marked incipient barren patches
Updated: 2020-09-17
A photographic and in situ diver survey of marked incipient Centrostephanus rodgersii barren patches, in eastern Tasmanian, was used to assess any changes in the grazed area and shape at experimental (lobster translocation/ research reserve protection sites; and abalone diver urchin cull sites) versus control sites.