Eprapah Creek Redland City Invertebrate Survey (original) (raw)

Project Summary: This report represents the results of the second stage of the Redland City Invertebrate Study (RCIS), targeting the distribution of terrestrial invertebrates in the Eprapah Creek catchment, Redland City. Three bushland sites with different ecological profiles were chosen for study these being Eprapah Creek Corridor, Sandy Creek Conservation Area and Eastern Escarpment Conservation Area. The focus was on invertebrate groups renowned for their use as bio-indicators and that could also serve as surrogates for all in vertebrate biodiversity. These comprised ants, dung and ground beetles, selected groups of flies, spiders and land snails and to a lesser extent butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.