Towards a system understanding of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth CLLAMMecology Cluster

The CLLAMMecology Research Cluster evaluates water management options for the region, to secure and sustain the health of the estuary.

Final Report

Brookes, J.D., Lamontagne, S., Aldridge, K. T., Benger. S., Bissett, A., Bucater, L., Cheshire, A.C., Cook, P.L.M., Deegan, B.M., Dittmann, S., Fairweather, P.G., Fernandes, M.B., Ford, P.W., Geddes, M.C., Gillanders, B.M. , Grigg, N.J., Haese, R.R., Krull, E., Langley, R.A., Lester, R.E., Loo, M., Munro, A.R., Noell, C.J., Nayar, S., Paton, D.C., Revill, A.T., Rogers, D.J., Rolston, A., Sharma. S.K., Short, D.A., Tanner, J.E., Webster, I.T., Wellman, N.R. and Ye, Q. 2009. An Ecosystem Assessment Framework to Guide Management of the Coorong. Final Report of the CLLAMMecology Research Cluster. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra. (PDF, 6.3 MB)

Summary of the research in a two-page fact sheet - CLLAMMecology Research Cluster Brochure July 2009. (PDF, 605 kB)

Publications

Deegan, B. M., Lamontagne, S., Aldridge, K.T. and Brookes, J.D. (2010). Trophodynamics of the Coorong. Spatial variability in food web structure along a hypersaline coastal lagoon. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. [PDF 6.5 MB]

Aldridge, K.T., Deegan, B.M., Lamontagne, S., Bissett, A. and Brookes, J.D. (2009). Spatial and temporal changes in water quality and sediment character in Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert during a period of rapid water level drawdown. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra. [external link, PDF 3.9 MB]

Lamontagne S, McEwan K, Webster I, Ford P, Leaney F, Walker G. 2004. Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth. Knowledge gaps and knowledge needs for delivering better ecological outcomes. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Webster IT. 2005. Hydrodynamics of the Coorong and Murray mouth. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Webster IT. 2007. Hydrodynamic modelling of the Coorong. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Ford PW. 2007. Biogeochemistry of the Coorong. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Lamontagne S, Geddes MC, Fernandes M, Krull E. 2007. Analysis of fish diet from Murray Estuary using C, N & S stable isotopes: a preliminary assessment.Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Dyack B, Rolfe J, Harvey J, O’Connell D, Abel N. 2007. Valuing recreation in the Murray: An assessment of the non-market recreational values at Barmah Forest and the Coorong. Water for a Healthy Country Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Lester R and Fairweather P. 2008. Review of Modelling Alternatives for CLLAMM Futures. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia. [external link, PDF 1.2 MB]

Cook PLM, Aldridge KT, Lamontagne S, Brookes JD. 2008. Element and nutrient mass-balances in a large semi-arid riverine lake system (the Lower Lakes, South Australia). Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia. [external link, PDF 1.1 MB]

Fernandes Milena and Tanner Jason. 2009. Hypersalinity and phosphorus availability: the role of mineral precipitation in the Coorong lagoons of South Australia. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship [external link, PDF 296 kB]

Gillanders, B. M. And Munro, A. R., 2009. Relations between water chemistry, otolith chemistry and salinity of a hypersaline system: implications for determining past environmental history of fish. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, 33pp [external link, PDF 386 kB]

Grigg, NJ, Robson, BJ, Webster, IT, and Ford, PW, 2009. Nutrient Budgets and Biogeochemical Modelling of the Coorong, CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, 91 pp

Krull E, Lamontagne S, Haynes D, Broos K, McKirdy D, McGowan J, Gell P, Wakelin S. 2008. Changes in organic matter chemistry in the Coorong Lagoons over space and time. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia. [external link, PDF 1.7 MB]

Langley, R.A., Lester, R.E., Fairweather, P.G and Webster, I.T., 2009. Predicting the future ecological condition of the Coorong. Supplementary output from scenario modelling. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship [external link, PDF 3.4 MB]

Lester, R.E. and Fairweather, P.G., 2009. Ecosystem states of the Coorong: an ecosystem response model. Method development and sensitivity analyses. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, 126 pp [external link, PDF 2.7 MB]

Lester, R.E., Webster, I.T., Fairweather, P.G. & Langley R.A., 2009. Predicting the future ecological condition of the Coorong. Effects of management and climate change scenarios. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, 104 pp [external link, PDF 3.4 MB]

Nayar, S and Loo, M. G. K. 2009. Phytoplankton and phytobenthic productivity along a salinity gradient in the Coorong and Murray Mouth. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship and South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. 19pp. [external link, PDF 1.4 MB]

Revill, A.T. et al., 2009. Sources of Organic Matter In the Coorong. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship [external link, PDF 767 kB]

Rogers, D.J. and Paton, D.C. 2009. Spatiotemporal variation in the waterbird communities of the Coorong. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra, 57 pp [external link, PDF 1.3 MB]

Rogers, D.J. and Paton, D.C. 2009. Changes in the distribution and abundance of Ruppia tuberosa in the Coorong. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra [external link, PDF 652 kB]

Rolston A and Dittmann S. The Distribution and Abundance of Macrobenthic Invertebrates in the Murray Mouth and Coorong Lagoons 2006 to 2008. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra [external link, PDF 1.1 MB]

Sharma Sunil K , Benger Simon N, Fernandes Milena B, Webster Ian T and Tanner Jason E. CLLAMM Dynamic Habitat: Habitat mapping and dynamic modelling of species distributions. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra [external link, PDF 5.9 MB]

Workshop proceedings

Lester R, Fairweather P. 2007.CLLAMM Futures workshop 1 proceedings 2006. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Lester R, Fairweather P. 2008. CLLAMM Futures workshop 2 proceedings 2008. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Canberra, ACT, Australia.

CLLAMMecology newsletters

Further information on the CLLAMMecology Cluster.