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Tapis 1— SeA Tempskatuke 



Degrees Dctjrsas 



Dare Cetuigradc Date Centigrade 



1955 195a 



27 February . .... ; . 17 2 Ortnber .. .: 12 



27 March 1& 23 Octobefc 14 



L Mav 16 5 27 November 15.5 



ft May 1? 



17 Jul>r .. ,. .... 9 1956 



7 Augiut ... 10 1 January 16,5 



4 September ,. 10-5 29 January .......... 20 



Maximum Temperature recorded 29 January 195*5 20 degrees Centigrade. 

 Minimum Temperature recorded: 17 July 1955 -9 degrees Centigrade. 

 Average twelve months 14.25 degree*. 



to Bass Strait, Prevailing weather is from the north-west ur south-wesi with 

 Winds up to traie force. The average rainfall is in the vicinity g( twenty- five 

 inches per annum; the climate is mild aim distinct from the super-humid 

 climate further to the west. Easterly winds, sometimes near gales, may bring 

 light ram in the early spring. In an abnormal year such as that duiiug, which 

 the above temperatures were taken, easterly weather tended to predominate 

 for a greatly extended period, ie&nhiop; in considerably increased rainfall and 

 hunndity. Normally, greatest dedication way be expected on the shore in 

 July and in January and February of any year. 



The appearance of the fauna and the urination oi the area suggest a con- 

 dition midway between the exposure of the oceanic rocky roasts and the semi- 

 exposed coasts to the south of Tasmania when comparisons are made with 

 the. data given by Guiler (lW2a) for these coasts, The available data relating 

 to the Bass Strait area has been reviewed by Bennett & Pope (1953) working 

 on the exposed coasts at Victoria. 



The terminology used in this work is that adopted by Guiler (1950) in 

 southern Tasmania. Most of the observations recorded were made during the 

 spring and summer of 1954, but this shore has been under observation by the 

 author for a number of years, and more recent notes have al*o been used. 



A site for a transect was selected about three ^tuners ol a mile from 

 Green's Beach at a point where 9 reasonably wide srrcK-h of fairly level plat- 

 form could be viewed. At this point the shore &g6k north and slopes gently 

 into saud below mean low water spring tides. 



Fauna 



Suprv-httorai ■: Terrestrial coastal fauna on steeply sloping back shore. The 

 scrub is the habitat of numbers of small birds, and the mollusc, Hetkiirion 

 cttvleri occurs on the ground. At the edge of the platform the flora has a 

 derided marine fades. 



Supra -lit {oral printfc : The platform slopes gently seaward at the site 

 examined and hrnce the various zones are relatively wide, compared with 

 nthcr parts of the shore. Metnraphe unifaxctQta Gray is found over some fifty 

 feet, but the population is by no means dense. i\L praeiermissa May is present 

 but is more plentiful at the. Green's Beach end oi the headland where there 

 is probably more spray due to the rougher nature of the shoreline. Ltgxo 

 'jttstraliensis Ddnd. has been observed under stones and among si dead seaweed. 



