Tag: seagrass
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AUKUS approval says community lose 50% open space, and seagrass
in BlogRecent approvals given by the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water (DCEEW) for the Osborne Submarine Construction Yard confirm that the AUKUS development will mean a loss of “approx. 50% of accessible public space within the northern area of the Lefevre Peninsula” and a loss of 3.5 hectares of seagrass. The…
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Carbon storage as vegetation changes along Port River
in BlogOur coastal ecosystems can store considerable amounts of ‘blue carbon’, acting as a natural climate solution. However, our local environment is dynamic, so how do losses and gains in vegetation affect blue carbon storage and dynamics? The University of Adelaide, with funds from Green Adelaide, investigated over 2024 and 2025 Zostera along Torrens Island Aerial…
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Lipson North, 31st January 2024 and 5th January 2026FPR continues seagrass monitoring in 2026
in BlogWhen ECF (FPR’s predecessor) began seagrass monitoring along the western bank of Torrens Island in 2017 we were pleased to see natural recovery of intertidal seagrass (Zostera) south of the Torrens Island jetty. Zostera was monitored and present north of the jetty around 2012. FPR has designated sites that we’ve continued to visit and photograph…
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Responding to HAB: how to support and make more resilient the Port River & Barker Inlet Estuary
in BlogThe Friends of Port River has made a submission to the Joint Committee on Harmful Algal Blooms in South Australia advocating greater protection, conservation and restoration of the natural environment of the Port River and Barker Inlet Estuary, in response to the HAB. This blog outlines the impacts of HAB on the Estuary to the…
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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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Can potato starch structures assist seagrass recovery?
in BlogField work began this week on Torrens Island deploying potato starch structures (BESE) as a potential aid to seagrass recovery. Dr Alice Jones, The Future Coast Lab, University of Adelaide with local and interstate colleagues, and some volunteers from FPR and Flinders Ports, has been laying out BESE (Biodegradable EcoSystem restoration Elements), as shown below,…
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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…