Identifying and creating essential habitat for rare Australian intertidal molluscs

澳大利亚沿海地区的发展导致自然栖息地发生重大变化。如果没有关于动物如何对栖息地作出反应以及如何最好地恢复受损栖息地的可靠信息，保护生物多样性的义务就不可能实现。目前的管理将栖息地视为大型单位，而忽略了动物对栖息地的精细利用。该项目将通过对珍稀无脊椎动物与栖息地之间关系的生态现实理解，为指导海岸保护政策提供必要的理解。衡量这些联系和恢复成功的新协议将适用于任何复杂栖息地的任何稀有物种，从而提高目前的保护能力。

Coastal development in Australia causes major changes to natural habitats. Obligations to conserve biodiversity are impossible without reliable information about how animals respond to habitat and how best to restore damaged habitat. Current management treats habitats as large-scale units and ignores fine-scale use of habitat by animals. This project will provide essential understanding to guide policy about coastal conservation, by providing ecologically realistic understanding of associations between rare invertebrates and habitat. New protocols to measure these associations and success of restoration, will be applicable to any rare species in any complex habitat, increasing present capabilities for conservation.