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Bringing fish back to the Barwon-Darling River

By Kate McKenna March 25, 2021

The Summer of 2018-19 saw horrendous sights in the Darling River, around 1 million fish dead from the river’s degradation. This sparked a study in 2020 by researchers Dr Martin Mallen-Cooper and Dr Brenton Zampatti from CSIRO and Charles Sturt University (Restoring the ecological integrity of a dryland river: Why low flows in the Barwon–Darling

What is a blackwater event and how can we help?

By Dr Gina Newton, MDBA January 21, 2021

WARNING: Graphic photo included below. We have all seen the awful photos of black sludgy water and dead fish that…

Audit of water quality problems in the Murray-Darling Basin

By Murray-Darling Basin Authority August 10, 2013

To enable better management of native fish, information about fish, and the activities and events that influence fish populations, needs…

Potential for thermal shock in the Murray-Darling Basin

By Arthur Rylah Institute August 10, 2013

While it is known that cold water releases from dams cause significant biological impacts in the Murray-Darling Basin, there is…