Wetlands are increasingly appreciated for their role in flood prevention and as carbon sinks. But they also act as a crucial food source for the wider catchment.
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For the second time in five years, millions of fish suffocated in the Darling River. This was not a natural disaster – it’s our doing
Our research looked at data from the government’s annual baking competition. Upon close analysis, we find a dangerous lack of diversity and biases towards cute, cuddly mammals.
Carp can make riverbeds look like golf balls – denuded and dimpled, devoid of any habitat. Releasing carp herpes virus is a controversial proposition, so let’s weigh up the risks and benefits.
Historical accounts show the upokororo was once common in rivers across the country. It’s now officially extinct, but is there a chance survivors could still be found in remote waterways?
Twenty of these freshwater fish species have a 50% or greater probability of extinction within the next 20 years.
The NSW government is soon expected to grant environmental approval to Snowy 2.0. But that process should be halted.
Big storms with lots of flooding, like hurricanes Dorian and Maria, actually restore the Caribbean’s delicate balance between native and nonnative fish species, new research finds.
A decade of bipartisan research has provided plenty of answers to the problems plaguing the Darling River.
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Executive Director and Professor of Fisheries and River Management, Gulbali Institute (Agriculture, Water and Environment), Charles Sturt University, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct associate in freshwater fisheries ecology and management, University of Canberra
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Fisheries ecologist, Charles Sturt University
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Freshwater fish ecologist, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Senior Ecologist, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Genetics, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Ecologist, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University
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Freshwater Ecologist, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, North Carolina State University