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One of Australia’s most significant wetlands, the Coorong, at the mouth of the River Murray, is the focus of a multi–million dollar research partnership that aims to improve the ecological health of the region and protect threatened birds and fish.

CSIRO, through the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, is partnering with the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Aquatic Sciences, to study the ecology of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region in a collaborative research program known as CLLAMMecology.

The field component of the research program will study in detail the ecological responses observed during planned water regime manipulations, in particular, the release of water from the Lower Lakes barrages to the Murray estuary. The information gathered will be used to develop improved models to predict ecological responses to future climate and water management scenarios.

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