Species Diversity

Species conservation in the age of uncertainty

Globally, freshwater vertebrates are declining rapidly, four times faster than their terrestrial counterparts, due to threats like habitat loss and invasive species. This presentation will discuss the challenges faced by threatened species in managed floodplains and explore the potential of environmental water management in conservation efforts.

Timing of environmental water delivery influences extinction risk for chytrid infected amphibian populations

This work demonstrates how stochastic population models can be successfully used to assist water management decisions by calculating the extinction risk for endangered species under different water management scenarios.

Waterbirds on the wing

How satellite-tracking of waterbird movements from the Murray-Darling Basin is informing water and wetland management.

Role of winter environmental watering in supporting declining freshwater turtle populations

Satellite tracking ibis and spoonbill movements to inform wetland and water management

Biodiversity in the Basin

Freshwater ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots. In the Murray-Darling Basin rivers and wetlands support numerous rare and threatened species and are vital habitats for many migratory waterbird species. We introduce the frogs, reptiles, waterbirds, mammals and monotremes in the Murray Darling Basin and discuss how managed environmental water deliveries can support biodiversity.