Macquarie Island Baseline Invertebrate Survey 1994

Sites stratified by topography (2 classes: slopes or drainage lines), altitude (4 classes: 0-100 m, 100-200 m, 200-300 m, 300m+), vegetation type (5 types), aspect (2 classes: E,W), north-south position on island (3 classes: north, middle, south). Pitfall traps and yellow pan traps opened for 6 weeks (summer).

Hand searches for worms, slugs and snails. Specimens identified to species level. We used the data to construct statistical models of the spatial distribution of species in relation to the above variables.