Rings on 'ear stones' helping re-establish native pygmy fish Information gleaned from tiny growth rings on "ear bones" of native pygmy perch could be the key to bringing them back from local extinction in the lower Murray. 3 Likes

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The SA Government's Department for Environment and Water has been putting some dashboards together to make it easier for community members and scientists to access and analyse Lakes and Coorong water quality data. They are accessible via the following link: ...

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Algal bloom threatens the Coorong, but locals have a plan The Coorong Environmental Trust has released a four-point plan to save the ecosystem, just as the eyes of the nation have turned towards it. 1 Comments 10 Likes

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Knowledge is power in addressing potential environmental outbreaks | The SE Voice https://sevoice.com.au/knowledge-is-power-in-addressing-potential-environmental-outbreaks/ 1 Likes

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Coorong 'on the brink' amid fears algal bloom could be final straw The Deputy Premier and Environmental Minister spoke highly of the work being done by the (entirely unfunded) Coorong Environmental Trust and the Trust’s Four-Point Plan in Tuesday’s press conference (link in comments), with academics and public servants agreeing that it ... 3 Comments 8 Likes

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Photos from Coorong Environmental Trust's post The following images include the Coorong Environmental Trust's single-page four-point plan, as well as the (in comparison) far more extensive media pack that was released with it this morning. 15 Likes

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Isn’t this amazing!
This week the GIS team in at the SA DEW have prepared a data portal, so all the DEW-funded urban jetties and Coorong plankton count data is publically accessible via a button on their front page, or ... 1 Comments 21 Likes

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www.sciencedirect.com An interesting discussion around the human aspects of adaptation to ecological change in the Lakes and Coorong. The key points out of this paper are:
Anticipatory governance of ecological transformation is necessary.
Having a detailed understanding of the transitions that are ... 1 Comments

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Deadly algal bloom in South Australia’s Coorong an environmental ‘eye opener’, ecologist says Trust members Gary Hera-Singh (comercial fisherman) and Faith Coleman (EcoProTem) feature in this Guardian article on the Karenia bloom in the North Lagoon.
Plankton counts on samples collected by commercial fishermen demonstrate that peak Karenia mikimotoi concentrations at time of ... 2 Comments 14 Likes

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From Birdlife Australia, as advice to those going out and recording shorebirds as part of their winter count. Check out this link for more information:
https://birdlife.org.au/avian-influenza 9 Likes

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Timeline photos These are some of the things we hope a fully operating (rather than aspirational) Coorong Environmental Trust will achieve. Good principles for all of us, I suspect. 3 Likes

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‘Hundreds’ of fish killed as algae disaster hits the Coorong This is why we have the Coorong Environmental Trust. Without our community member organisations and businesses on the ground each day, able to call on and expect a response from our scientific member organisations pro bono, there is so many ... 1 Comments 13 Likes

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Photos from Coorong Environmental Trust's post It appears the marine Karenia mikimotoi et. al. bloom was brought into the Coorong North Lagoon over last weeks storm-tide, with the first signs of a Karenia bloom in the North Lagoon appearing on Thursday morning.
We are currently analysing ... 6 Comments 21 Likes

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Climate change is turning coastal lagoons into 'salty soup,' but restoration efforts can help A good article with Chris Keneally, looking at some of the microbial ecological and biochemical processes occurring in the South Lagoon and southern portion of the North Lagoon.
This fits in well with the discussions around dinoflagellate blooms that ... 7 Likes

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