4WDs crushing tiny sand dwellers


	4WDs crushing tiny sand dwellers

pokkets

2-28-2008 12:10 PM

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They say by about half and it can have unrecognised environmental condequences

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ede27ddc-0218-44af-a5f2-c8c3cbf07ec4/1C0F7D1C-2FEA-4F45-9297-99E5B28A5E9F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"> Stephen Pincock</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P class="first">Driving off-road vehicles over Australia's beaches has a devastating impact on a hidden ecosystem of tiny animals that live among the grains of sand, new research shows.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/6570419E-5860-4EF1-8B52-7BDA5CE548F6" alt="4WD on beach" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P>While driving 4WD cars on sand is a popular pastime, Associate Professor Thomas Schlacher from the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.usc.edu.au/">University of the Sunshine Coast</A> at Maroochydore says it has unrecognised environmental consequences.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P>"Most people go to the beach and don't realise there's actually a lot of life there," he says.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P>"If you take a handful of sand you can find dozens of species. The beaches are a habitat full of life."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/02/28/2175600.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P>The creatures that make their homes in the sand include tiny sea-snails, shrimp and other animals. 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