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 12 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 8 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. 2 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 12 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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A number of groups (political, community and research-based) are calling for the Coorong Field Research Station, proposed by the Coorong Environmental Trust.
Hopefully this latest series of calls helps get the project off the ground. If you are keen to ... 5 Likes

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Australia's waterbird populations almost halved in just one year, survey finds - ABC News The South Lagoon was historically (prior to the 1976-78 collapse) a major drought refugia for water birds. Significant declines in Black Swan populations (which once bred in the South Lagoon) were seen between 1960 and 1971.
This years sudden decline, ... 1 Comments 11 Likes

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Photos from Coorong Environmental Trust's post We just heard from Coorong Wildside Tours that there was bioluminescence (caused by sea sparkle) in the Seven Mile basin of the North Lagoon last night. Quite weak compared to the blooms that occurred in 2019, but present and at ... 1 Comments 9 Likes

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Photos from Port Lincoln Osprey's post A visiting Osprey… 2 Comments 5 Likes

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RLCAG join CLLMM 'Lokeri (River Mussel)' monitoring project/research day 20/9. With Scotte Wedderburn (Adel Uni), Brenton Zampatti (CSIRO), Allison Rootsey & Julie Jones (RLCAG).
Fascinating & excitingly successful day - citizen science monitoring project funded by CLLMM.
Places today - ... 1 Likes

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Webinar: Preparing for bird flu impacts on Australian wildlife For those who will be out and about in the Coorong this coming summer, it will be important to be on the look out for both outbreaks of Avian Cholera and Avian Influenza.
We had an outbreak of Avian Cholera ...

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Photos from Coorong Environmental Trust's post We were brought in a couple of water samples from a community member who was concerned about water colour in the Seven Mile basin (Southern end of North Lagoon) this week.
Staining with Logal’s media (iodine coloured) and examining under ... 15 Likes

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Photos from Clayton Bay Nursery and Environment Group's post If you would like to know a thing or three about Echidna, this would be the talk to attend. 6 Likes

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Earth’s oldest, tiniest creatures are poised to be climate change winners – and the repercussions... A fascinating article, with shallow, restricted-flow coastal environments most likely to see the impacts of climate change soonest (in fact they already are).
The ‘creatures’ being discussed are prokaryotes. These are not actually creatures, but a vast group of single ... 1 Comments 4 Likes

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