The Murray-Darling is Australia's largest river catchment, and its aquatic ecosystems have been severely affected by river regulation, potentially more so than any other Australian catchment (Arthington and Pusey 2003...
In February 2007, the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) won a competitive tender to conduct a stock assessment of the Northern Territory (NT) Mud Crab Fishery....
Due to the remote and generally inaccessible nature of the coastline, the marine ecosystems of the Great Australian Bight (GAB) have received considerably less research attention than other areas of temperate Australia. Despite this, a growing body of research suggests that the w...
River regulation has altered the hydrology of large floodplain rivers, such as the Murray, on three temporal scales, namely the flood pulse (days to weeks), flow history (weeks to years) and flow regime (decades or longer) (Walker et al. 1995...
Reefs provide a unique ecological niche in temperate marine systems, showing high biodiversity and supporting a number of commercial fisheries (O'Hara 2001...
The South-West Marine Region (SWMR) encompasses the area between Kangaroo Island in SA and Shark Bay in Western Australia (WA). The ‘South-West Marine Region (SWMR): Key Species Report’ identified small pelagic fishes as key species for the region and noted that large populations...
This Status Report updates previous Stock Assessment Reports for the South Australian Giant Crab Fishery (Currie and Ward, 2005...
Qualitative video surveys of the Outer Harbor dredging spoil dump site, approximately 38 km from Outer Harbor, during March 2008 suggest that Caulerpa taxifolia and Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea are not likely to be present in this area as at March 6th 2008....
Major losses of seagrasses have occurred off Adelaide, with serious implications for seabed stability, coastal erosion, and fisheries production (Westphalen et al. 2004). Several recent research projects have investigated the causes of seagrass loss (Bryars et al. 2006), natural ...
The loss of seagrass meadows due to increased human influence in the coastal region has been recognised as a global issue for some time (Ehrenfield, 2002). Walker et al. (2006) estimated that 18% of the world’s seagrasses have been lost as a result of human impacts. This phenomen...