Providing opportunities for connection: Ballyroggan (Lake Brewster) weir pool and inflow wetland
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FLOW-MER •
February 1, 2023
Providing opportunities for connection: Ballyroggan (Lake Brewster) weir pool and inflow wetland Authors: Joanne Lenehan (Flow-MER and DPE), Eddie Vagg and Cherylee Kirby. Banner Image: Pelican colony on the water at Ballyroggan (Lake Brewster). Photo credit: Mal Carnegie, Lake Cowal Foundation and DPE EHG. The authors acknowledge the invaluable contribution of Lachlan locals, Adam Kerezsy, [...]
Learning More About Ephemeral Creeks
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Margrit Beemster •
January 18, 2023
Learning More About Ephemeral Creeks Author: Margrit Beemster Featured Photo: Dr Xiaoying (Sha sha) Liu collecting eDNA samples from Jimaringle Creek in the first round of sampling. Photo credit: E. Blackman With the extensive flooding and rainfall that has occurred throughout much of the Murray-Darling Basin, Nature has delivered its own “environmental water” to the [...]
A Bit About Bats
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Christopher Sundblom and Anna Turner •
January 10, 2023
A Bit About Bats Authors: Christopher Sundblom and Anna Turner Featured Photo: Southern myotis with a fish in its mouth. Source: Steve Parish Freshwater ecosystems are home to a huge diversity of plants and animals. Often overlooked but always close by, bats are common visitors to our wetlands. Charles Sturt University has been monitoring bats [...]
Gilgai Wetlands: ‘Gilgai – echo of an ideal world’
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Lucy Stuart •
October 24, 2022
Gilgai Wetlands: 'Gilgai - echo of an ideal world' An exhibition by Vicki Luke Authors: Lucy Stuart and Andy Lowes Every now and then, art and science come together to create magic, and that’s exactly what happened when artist Vicki Luke worked with scientists in the Murray-Darling Basin to share the story of Gilgai wetlands [...]
Leaping to It: Yurrayas Jumping in Puddles
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Tamara Kermode •
June 14, 2022
Leaping to It: Yurrayas Jumping in Puddles Author: Tamara Kermode Today we are leaping into the waters and finding some Yurraya (Frog in the Gamilaraay language). A study conducted by the University of New England Masters Student, Abdur Razzaque Sarker in collaboration with the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE), looked at the patterns [...]
Waterbirds on Toorale: What Have We Seen in 8 Years
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Tamara Kermode •
June 14, 2022
Waterbirds on Toorale: What Have We Seen in 8 Years Author: Tamara Kermode Over the eight years of the Long-Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) and Flow-MER projects we have monitored the waterbirds of the Toorale State Conservation Area. During this time, we have recorded 57 different waterbird species using the wetlands, channels and dams of Toorale, [...]
Managing aquatic meadows in the Lowbidgee
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FLOW-MER •
December 2, 2021
Managing aquatic meadows in the Lowbidgee Authors: Dr Damian Michael and Associate Professor Skye Wassens The Murrumbidgee River originates from wet heath and alpine bog communities in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales where it then flows north through the ACT before veering west to merge with the Murray River 1,485 km downstream. As [...]
Goldilocks and the Goulburn River: Measuring stream metabolism to get flows ‘just right’
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Mike Grace •
November 5, 2021
Golidlocks and the Goulburn River: measuring stream metabolism to get flows 'just right' Author: Mike Grace Rivers are the lifeblood of fish, plants, insects, bacteria and algae, in fact anything that lives within, and relies upon the riverine ecosystem. The health of a river ecosystem affects these organisms, and we want to know if water [...]
Monitoring at Moon Moon – diverse vegetation and poems about tiger snakes!
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Will Higgisson •
October 7, 2021
Monitoring at Moon Moon: diverse vegetation and poems about tiger snakes! Author: Will Higgisson Over the past six years of monitoring, the Lachlan selected area has had the greatest diversity of plants recorded of all seven selected areas across the Murray-Darling Basin with a whopping 359 species recorded. This is quite an achievement considering that [...]
Pelagic fishes of the Lachlan: what do dolphins and hardyheads have in common?
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Adam Kerezsy •
September 22, 2021
Pelagic fishes of the Lachlan: What do dolphins and hardyheads have in common? Author: Adam Kerezsy The depths of a river are home to a diverse range of creatures that have evolved over time to specific conditions; some live in dark and oxygen-poor river floors, others in light and oxygen-rich environments. Each species has adapted [...]
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