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The Heino Lepp and Diana Leemon gallery of fungi photographs – Parts 3 and 4

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As explained in the Heino Lepp Part 1 post, Heino Lepp was Honorary Manager of the Mycology section of the Australian National Botanic Garden. He photographed the Island’s fungi in 1994, 1995 and 1997, identifying as many as he could. His photographs have been digitised by Society Life Member Mark Hallam and the images matched with names by Dr Diana Leemon, of the Queensland Mycological Society, who has also contributed some additional images, in this gallery, Part 3.

For Part 3, hover your mouse over each photo to read the file title which embodies the identification. Then refer to the Catalogue list and the list in alphabetical order of botanical name for further information.

 

Part 3 – 52 images

 

Part 4 – Lepista sublilacina – 35 images

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The Heino Lepp and Diana Leemon gallery of fungi photographs – Part 1

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We are privileged to be able to showcase a portfolio of photographs by Heino Lepp, Honorary Manager of the Mycology section of the Australian National Botanic Garden. who photographed the Island’s fungi in 1994, 1995 and 1997, identifying as many as he could.

These photographs have been digitised by Society Life Member Mark Hallam and the images matched with names by Dr Diana Leemon, of the Queensland Mycological Society, who has also contributed some additional images.

Catalogue list

In the gallery, hover on each image to ascertain the file name which embodies the identification. Refer to the Catalogue list or the list in alphabetical order of botanical names for further information.

The gallery has been subdivided into parts to avoid web instability:

Part 1 (this part) includes 100 images by Heino Lepp.

Part 2 includes another 113 images by Heino Lepp.

Part 3 includes images by Diana Leemon.

Part 4 includes images of Lepista sublilacina by Diana Leemon

 

 

 

 

 

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The Heino Lepp and Diana Leemon gallery of fungi photographs – Part 2

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Another tranche of images from the Heino Lepp collection. Hover your mouse over each photo to read the file title which embodies the identification. Then refer to the Catalogue list and the list in alphabetical order of botanical name for further information.

As explained in the Part 1 post, Heino Lepp was Honorary Manager of the Mycology section of the Australian National Botanic Garden. He photographed the Island’s fungi in 1994, 1995 and 1997, identifying as many as he could. These photographs have been digitised by Society Life Member Mark Hallam and the images matched with names by Dr Diana Leemon, of the Queensland Mycological Society, who has also contributed some additional images, in Parts 3 and 4.

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Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping

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Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping

From 21 to 24 July 2021 onboard M/V Offshore Solution, a team from Ocean Infinity (Australia) Pty Ltd (formerly iXblue Pty Ltd), in partnership with other experts, conducted an aerial survey and a hydrographic survey as part of the Norfolk Island Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping project. The team covered 108.6km2 of the Norfolk Shelf with a multibeam echosounder, a total of 44 locations of Baited Remote Underwater Videos in the north-east and south of the Island and a couple of sub-surface profiles with the Sub-Bottom Profiler. The coastal survey was conducted by Tellus4D Geoimaging in November 2021. The drone Mavic 2 was deployed from shore, to obtain high resolution photogrammetry at seven coastal sites: Captain Cook Lookout, Anson Bay, Puppy’s Point, Headstone Point, Slaughter Bay and Bumboras Beach, and Cemetery and Emily Bay, for a total of 14km2.

 

Prior to this project, Norfolk Island Marine Park dataset was limited to a terrestrial lidar survey from CSIRO and a nearshore seafloor classification from satellite bathymetry (EOMAP).

 

This seafloor mapping survey provides information about some of the coastal sites of the Island and its marine shelf condition (morphology, nature, fish communities…). The information will help to manage the park and guide further studies, such as additional bathymetric survey within sensitive areas, investigation on the coastline, protection of fish and other marine species programs and a ground-truthing campaign to challenge hypotheses on the seabed nature and habitats.

 

We thank Dr Kellie Pendoley for her persistence in obtaining permission to republish this benchmark report Norfolk Island Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping.

 

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EcoNorfolk

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EcoNorfolk Foundation was a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting ecologically sustainable development on Norfolk Island.

Founded by environmental activist Denise Quintal, the Foundation aimed to assist in advancing the science of sustainability with the wider international community to lead the way for sustainability in the South Pacific. Its role was to support the preservation of natural resources through education, publicity campaigns, scientific research and development, and merging this with the everyday activities and practices of the Norfolk Island people.

EcoNorfolk Foundation was involved in projects such as Footprinting and Experimental Prototype Communities, to foster awareness of the global context of local environmental issues. For example, the ‘Sustainable Islands Project’ focused on the training of skilled professionals from small remote islands, in the area of sustainable environmental and economic development.

EcoNorfolk at the date of writing (May 2024) is in recess.

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Morepork

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Latest on the Morepork

In 2019 scientist Flossy Sperring commenced a doctoral research project focusing on population genetics, ecology and conservation management of the Norfolk Island Morepork. This 1hr video is a recording of Flossy’s recent talk given to the community in January 2024. The first half summarises the key findings from her PhD studies. The second half focuses on the genetics of the current owl population and potential future steps the national park may take to protect this species.

Access the video file directly (678 MB).

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