Managing Water Ecosystems – We investigate how water ecosystems respond to different water resource management and allocation strategies, including environmental water flows.

Recent case studies

Flow Monitoring, Evaluation and Research program (Flow-MER)

The Flow-MER consortium is improving our understanding and evaluating the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water in the Murray–Darling Basin. Protecting […]

Remote sensing evapotranspiration in plantation forests

The development of the remote sensing model for estimating evapotranspiration in the Lower Limestone Coast's plantation forests. Using advanced machine […]

Investigating riverine ecology with trail cameras

Our team is investigating the influence of water availability on riverine vegetation response and wildlife abundance and diversity. Trail cameras […]

Tracking juvenile Great and Plumed Egrets movements from the Macquarie Marshes

Egrets breed in large numbers at inland freshwater wetlands and are ‘obligate wetland-feeders’, dependent on and specially adapted for eating foods […]

Predicting the outcomes of hydrological change in aquatic habitats of northern Australia

The Challenge River flows are important for driving the condition and persistence of biota, to support habitats, and to facilitate […]

Investing in ecosystem functions knowledge to improve adaptive management of water for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin

The Challenge The focus of water resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin over recent decades has been to achieve a […]

News

ECOS special issue

Issue 243 - Murray Darling Basin feature

River Murray cliffs near Renmark South Australia

Science solutions for the Murray-Darling Basin

CSIRO conducts research across four important areas in the Basin. In this report we look at the work CSIRO has delivered and what we are doing now in these four areas.