Download Optimising settlement arrays for surveillance of non-indigenous biofouling species - Results and recommendations following settlement array field trials

This report describes the results of field trials of the settlement arrays undertaken in Westhaven Marina, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Three separate deployments of the settlement arrays were made: (i) October 2014 to January 2015, (ii) June 2015 to October 2015, and (iii) November 2015 to February 2016. The design of the field trials was based on a related review of scientific literature on the use settlement plates to sample biofouling assemblages and marine non-indigenous species.