ecology Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/ecology/ Lord Howe Island's independent online newspaper Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:47:04 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-LHI-Signal-Favicon-3-800-32x32.png ecology Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/ecology/ 32 32 Marine heat stress monitoring and response https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/marine-heat-stress-monitoring-and-response/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/marine-heat-stress-monitoring-and-response/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:40:57 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=301 With global sea surface temperatures being warmest on record for the past nine months consecutively, there is potential for marine heat stress impacts this summer including in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park. In anticipation, monitoring is underway throughout the Lord Howe Island lagoon to detect signs of disturbance from elevated water temperatures.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/marine-heat-stress-monitoring-and-response/feed/ 0 20 years of captive care for Dryococelus australis https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/20-years-of-captive-care-for-dryococelus-australis/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/20-years-of-captive-care-for-dryococelus-australis/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 04:17:44 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=418 Rohan Cleave, Kate Pearce. A big thank you for hosting us on Lord Howe Island (LHI) in September, where we celebrated Threatened Species Day at the LHI Community School and a community event ... The LHI Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) is one of the world’s most critically endangered invertebrate species.

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