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Home Archive by category "Fieldwork" (Page 2)

Two ways of knowing natural temperate grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plain

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 21 January, 2021 | 0

Back in October 2020, Chase Aghan – Project Officer (Forest, Fire and Parks) for Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation and Dr Brad Farmilo – Senior Scientist & Plant ecologist,  Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (DELWP)  presented at the State-Wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams (SWIFFT) seminars series on native grasslands.  They used the workRead more

Seagrass restoration in Western Port

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 16 September, 2020 | 1

Where has seagrass in Western Port been lost, and which of these areas are most suitable for attempting seagrass restoration? What are the most appropriate methodologies for restoration? These are the main questions we’ve been trying to answer over the past two years. Seagrass mapping in Western Port A team of scientists from Deakin’s EcoGenetics, Read more

Port Phillip Bay reef health check completed!

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 15 July, 2020 | 5

What is the current status of reef health in Port Phillip Bay? How many sea urchins are there? Are sea urchins a problem in all parts of Port Phillip or just some? These are the questions we set out to answer by conducting a survey of reefs across Port Phillip Bay.  Completing  this Bay-wide surveyRead more

Traditional Owners vegetation workshop

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 26 June, 2020 | 2

Training and pre-restoration vegetation surveys are underway!  In partnership with Coastcare Victoria and the Arthur Rylah Institute (ARI) we hosted a vegetation survey training workshop on Wadawurrung Country at Point Lillias in February 2020. The goal of this workshop was to train members of the Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation (WAC) the key steps and methods involvedRead more

Autumn 2020 saltmarsh sampling in Western Port

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 23 June, 2020 | 0

12 months of greenhouse gas and vegetation data collection completed! With the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions, the Blue Carbon Lab was given the green light to recommence fieldwork under strict social distancing guidelines. Our #VicWetlnandRehab team headed to Western Port in May 2020 to finish the autumn survey of the 10-hectare saltmarsh restoration site.Read more

Additional protection for Western Port’s saltmarsh

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 23 June, 2020 | 0

Thanks to project cost savings we’ve been able to install additional protection of Saltmarsh Habitat in Western Port! After the completion of protection fencing at our first Western Port site (~10 hectares), we had some cost savings, which allowed us to protect additional saltmarsh in the region! Our project partner Parks Victoria was able toRead more

Installing teabags in different saltmarsh community types

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 22 June, 2020 | 0

Time for tea! Exploring rates of carbon decomposition in different saltmarsh community types.  As part of the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program, researchers in the Blue Carbon Lab are studying how carbon retention varies among saltmarsh community types. This information is important when planning the restoration of coastal wetland habitats. Following the TeaComposition H2O protocols,Read more

Weed Management Works: Improving brackish grassland habitat for increased water bird nesting ground

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 11 June, 2020 | 0

As part of the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration program, works are underway on our Gippsland Lakes saltmarsh site with vegetation monitoring and a weed removal program. Vegetation mapping across the 100 ha site revealed quality brackish grassland areas (EVC class 934) that have been shrinking in size due to encroachment by the shrub Melaleuca ericifoliaRead more

On-ground saltmarsh protection work completed at our Western Port site!

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 4 May, 2020 | 1

The Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program (#VicWetlandRehab) targets several threatened, high-priority conservation areas (including RAMSAR-listed wetlands that are critical for migratory and resident shorebirds) along a 500 km stretch of Victoria’s coast, spanning Port Phillip Bay, Western Port Bay, and the Gippsland Lakes. Coastal wetlands (including saltmarsh) in each of these locations have been highlyRead more

Modelling at Avalon Coastal Reserve

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 30 April, 2020 | 1

Development of a Restoration Action Plan is underway! Researchers from UNSW Water Research Lab are creating a hydrodynamic model to test restoration scenarios at Avalon Coastal Reserve. In August 2019, A/Prof. Will Glamore and Dr. Valentin Heimhuber from the UNSW Water Research Laboratory conducted topographic (RTK GPS) and bathymetric (Echosounder) surveys around the Avalon CoastalRead more

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      • Floating wetlands
      • Revitalising Australia’s Freshwater Wetlands
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