Month: May 2020

Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, diver, diving, Ecosystems, Ecotoxicology, event, fish, fisheries, great barrier reef, Human health, International, Mangroves, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, population, research, River, Rivers, Sediment, Soils, Urban environments, Wetlands, womeninstem

The role of wetlands in improving water quality and protecting coastal ecosystems

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The role of wetlands in improving water quality and protecting coastal ecosystems

By Melanie Roberts and Fernanda Adame Article Read Time: 524 words about 3 minutes. The 2019 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report from the Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority identifies the risk of nutrient runoff from catchments for the reef as Very High, the same rating as the 2014 and 2009 reports.  --- This [...]

Coastal, Conservation, Ecosystems, fish, fisheries, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, research, Uncategorized, Urban environments

Global fragmentation of mangrove forests

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Global fragmentation of mangrove forests

By Dr Chris Brown Read Time: 354 words about 2 minutes. To inform conservation actions we need global indicators of wetland ecosystems that represent changes in ecosystem function. But current indicators are largely based on changes in the area of wetland ecosystems. In our new study we mapped fragmentation of mangrove habitats at a global scale. [...]

Ecosystems, fish, fisheries, International, Lakes and reservoirs, Our people, research, River, Rivers, Uncategorized

Are trees greener near salmon spawning streams?

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Are trees greener near salmon spawning streams?

By Dr Chris Brown  Reading Time: 557 words about 3 minutes. We usually think of nutrients moving down rivers to the ocean, not the other way around. But in many temperate rivers of the northern hemisphere migration of salmon brings nutrients from the ocean to rivers and surrounding vegetation.  Male Pink Salmon, identifiable because of [...]