Lower Murray

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the Lower Murray team managed to complete all planned fieldwork. There was an enormous effort by all to accommodate the “new normal”. Our team developed a COVID-19 risk management plan that included risk assessments for each sampling trip and changes to the way we operate for the safety of our team members […]

Flow over the barrages plays a key role in preventing or reducing seawater and salt coming through the Murray Mouth into the Coorong. Flow was relatively low in four of the last five years. Nonetheless, the results showed that environmental water increased salt export over the barrages during the five-year period of monitoring. Particularly, during […]

Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) is Australia’s largest freshwater fish, reaching lengths of 1.4 m and weights of over 50kg, and living for up to 48 years. An iconic species of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), Murray cod forms an integral part of Aboriginal dreaming stories, was once harvested commercially, and continues to support an important recreational […]

Lampreys are aquatic eel-like jawless species. They are usually anadromous fishes, which means they enter rivers from the sea as adults and migrate to upstream spawning grounds, with juveniles later migrating downstream to the sea. Pouched lamprey (Geotria australis) and short-headed lamprey (Mordacia mordax) are the only anadromous fishes native to the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). […]