Tag: monitoring
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Seagrass monitoring update
in BlogNow low tides during daytime have returned, Friends of Port River (FPR) have gone back to Torrens Island to check on our 3 seagrass monitoring sites at Lipsons. FPR is continuing seagrass monitoring that began with Estuary Care Foundation in 2017. Following heatwaves in Feb 2023 and March 2024, FPR went to Lipsons on March…
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Yitpi Yartapuultiku’s Living Shoreline
in BlogIn 2024 major changes were made to the shoreline fronting Yitpi Yartapuultiku. The old bank was removed and the River given space to show its tidal flows, that vary from approx. 0.2m to 2.7m. The space created allows for rising sea level rise and demonstrates an eco-engineering response to climate change. Two headlands were built…
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Shrubby Samphire Recovery Plan
in BlogThe future of Shrubby Samphires and Slender-billed Thornbills in the Green Adelaide region (and hopefully beyond) has been enhanced by the Board of Green Adelaide approving Shrubby samphire: A local recovery plan, developed by Peri Coleman and Faith Coleman, Delta Environmental Consulting. Shrubby samphire (Tecticornia arbuscula) is a tall samphire occurring in the temperate saltmarsh…
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Monitoring Marine Hitchhikers
in BlogIn January 2024 the Port Environment Centre hosted training for the Marine Hitchhikers of the Green Adelaide Region project, with lead researcher Janine Baker. Catherine McMahon, Friends of Port River attended the training and volunteered to assist the project. The Port River and Barker Inlet Estuary host many ‘marine hitchhikers’, the most prolific of which…
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Seagrass monitoring & research
in BlogMonitoring of seagrass along the western bank of Torrens Island, commenced by Estuary Care Foundation volunteers in 2017, is continuing through Friends of the Port River. ECF/Friends volunteers went to Torrens Island on January 31st, February 8th and February 22nd to check on the seagrass and its recovery from a heat wave that coincided with…