New Project Aims to Understand the Environmental Response of the Coorong to the 2022-2023 River Murray Flood Event

Associate Professore. Qifeng Ye (SARDI) holding a greenback flounder.

The Coorong is a unique wetland, which is culturally and environmentally significant at local, national and international scales. The reduction of fresh water inflow into the Coorong, exacerbated during the Millennium Drought (1996-2010), has led to a long-term ecological decline. In particular, hypersalinity and nutrient enrichment in the South Lagoon has impacted aquatic plants, invertebrates, […]