How well is the Basin Plan meeting its objectives? From the perspective of the Coorong, a sentinel of change in the Murray-Darling Basin

JD Brookes, B Busch, P Cassey, D Chilton… - … Journal of Water …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Freshwater aquatic ecosystems can be considered sentinels of change as they integrate
signals from catchment, hydrology and biogeochemistry to provide an indication of how the …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme eutrophication and salinisation in the Coorong estuarine-lagoon ecosystem of Australia's largest river basin (Murray-Darling)

LM Mosley, S Priestley, J Brookes, S Dittmann… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Estuaries in rainfall poor regions are highly susceptible to climatic and hydrological
changes. The Coorong, a Ramsar-listed estuarine-coastal lagoon at the end of the Murray …

Loss of benthic macrofauna functional traits correlates with changes in sediment biogeochemistry along an extreme salinity gradient in the Coorong lagoon, Australia

O Lam-Gordillo, LM Mosley, SL Simpson… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estuarine ecosystems are considered hotspots for productivity, biogeochemical cycling and
biodiversity, however, their functions and services are threatened by several anthropogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Restoration of benthic macrofauna promotes biogeochemical remediation of hostile sediments; An in situ transplantation experiment in a eutrophic estuarine …

O Lam-Gordillo, J Huang, A Barceló, J Kent… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estuarine ecosystems have very high ecological and economic value, and also act as a
buffer for coastal oceans by processing nutrient inputs from terrestrial sources. However …

[HTML][HTML] Responses of a macrobenthic community to seasonal freshwater flow in a wet-dry tropical estuary

V Lowe, CLJ Frid, M Venarsky, MA Burford - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wet-dry tropical estuaries are extreme environments driven by wet season rainfall and runoff
events. The biota associated with these systems are highly adapted to large fluctuations in …

[HTML][HTML] Coorong water quality synthesis with a focus on the drivers of eutrophication

L Mosley, S Priestley, J Brookes, S Dittmann, J Farkas… - 2020 - researchnow.flinders.edu.au
Abstract The Coorong is a Ramsar-listed estuarine lagoon system at the downstream end of
the Murray-Darling Basin that has experienced declining ecological health over recent …

[PDF][PDF] Coorong nutrient cycling and fluxes

J Huang, D Welsh, D Erler, A Ferguson… - Goyder Institute for …, 2022 - goyderinstitute.org
1.1 Background The Coorong is culturally, environmentally and economically important at
local, national and international scales but has experienced a long-term decline in its …

Sedimentary organic matter characteristics in the core sediments of Cochin Estuarine–Coastal Lagoon, South India

AR Nisari, J Varier, CH Sujatha - Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2025 - Springer
The Vypin, an estuarine-coastal lagoon, is a habitat with organic matter (OM) inputs from
terrestrial and marine origin. Organic matter profiling in these lagoon sediments is crucial for …

[PDF][PDF] The current state of food resources supporting waterbird and fish populations in the Coorong

Q Ye, S Dittmann, G Giatas, R Baring… - Goyder Institute for …, 2019 - goyderinstitute.org
Executive summary The Coorong is widely regarded as the most important waterbird
wetland in the Murray-Darling Basin. The current ecological condition of the Coorong …

[PDF][PDF] A scientific evaluation to inform nutrient removal options for the Coorong

LM Mosley, J Brookes, S Dittmann… - Goyder Institute for …, 2022 - goyderinstitute.org
Executive summary The Coorong, in particular the South Lagoon, is currently in a highly
eutrophic state with high algae, organic matter and nutrient concentrations. The aim of the …