CONISTON BEACH OUTFALL

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Biological Environment

Existing pipeline:

stalked sea tulips (Pyura gibbosa), cunjevoi (Pyura stolonifera), kelp (Ecklonia radiata) and barnacles (CEE 1997)

Rocky reef at the end of the outfall:

kelp and turfing algae (both red and brown algae) and encrusting and massive sponges on the low lying areas of rocky reef; encrusting coralline algae beneath the Ecklonia canopy and on rocky rubble areas

Soft Sediments:

typical benthic fauna of polychaete worms (mostly spionids), small amphipod crustaceans and a sparse range of other burrowing animals including nemertean and nematode worms and sipunculans.

Cunjevoi

Coniston Beach

(Coni_6) Last updated May 2000