Publications

This page contains publications, reports and other resources for Project Coorong as they become finalised.

Please check back often as we work to bring you the latest Project Coorong publications and reports.

Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin

• Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Coorong Restoration Roadmap - Consultation Draft 2022/23
• Desired state of the Southern Coorong – discussion paper
• Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Action Plan - 2019
• Goyder Expert Panel Report
• Coorong Summit Summary Report

Videos

• Project Coorong’s Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin
• The Science and Citizens of the Coorong
• The Science and Citizens of the Coorong: Q&A Webinar
• Goyder Institute - Scientific Trials & Investigations
  • Introduction
  • Nutrient Dynamics
  • Aquatic Plants and Algae
  • Food Webs
  • Waterbirds
  • Climate Adaptation

Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Phase One Project Summaries

• Program Overview
• Community Partnerships
• Coorong Infrastructure Investigations Project
• Trials and Investigations
• On Ground Works
• First Nations Partnerships
• Water Resource Optimisation

Community updates

• Community update – March 2020
• Community update – October 2020
• Community update – December 2020
• Community update – March 2021
• Community Update – May 2021
• Community Update – Special Edition May 2021
• Community Update – June 2021
• Project Coorong July 2021 Update
• Community Update – September 2021
• Community Update – October 2021
• Community Update – December 2021
• Community Update – February 2022
• Community Update - May 2022
• Community Update – December 2022

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Coorong Partnership

• Inaugural Meeting – 12 March 2020
• Communique #2 – 15 April 2020
• Communique #3 – 13 May 2020
• Communique #4 – 17 June 2020
• Communique #5 – 29 July 2020
• Communique #6 – 18 September 2020
• Communique #7 – 26 November 2020
• Communique #8 – 4 February 2021
• Communique #9 – 25 March 2021
• Communique #10 – 6 May 2021
• Communique #11 – 10 June 2021
• Communique #12 – 29 July 2021
• Communique #13 – 2 September 2021
• Communique #14 – 14 October 2021
• Communique #15 – 25 November 2021
• Communique #16 – 3 February 2022
• Communique #17 – 7 April 2022
• Communique #18 - 2 June 2022
• Communique #19 – 6 October 2022
• Communique #20 – 13 December 2022
• Communique #21 – 2 February 2023
• Communique #22 - 6 April 2023
• Communique #23 - 1 June 2023

Science Forum 2023: presentation videos and slides

• Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Science Forum 2023 Event Agenda
• Science Forum 2023 Presentations slide pack Session 1
• Science Forum 2023 Presentations slide pack Session 2
• Science Forum 2023 Presentations slide pack Session 3
• Science Forum 2023 Presentations slide pack Session 4
• Science Forum 2023 Presentations Video Library

Project Coorong World Wetlands Science Forum 2021

• Project Coorong World Wetlands Day Science Forum 2021 Highlights
• Project Coorong World Wetlands Day Science Forum 2021 Combined Abstracts
• Project Coorong World Wetlands Day Science Forum 2021 Video Library

Projects

Coorong Infrastructure Investigations

• Coorong Infrastructure Investigations – Options analysis and shortlisting – outcome
• Results from the Infrastructure Investigations survey
• Deliberative Guide
• Coorong Infrastructure Investigations Technical Review
• Preliminary socio-economic analysis
• Concept Design Report detailing engineering investigations:
  • Report (7 MB)
  • Appendices A to F (77 MB)
  • Appendix Appendices G to N (48 MB)
• Ecological Investigations findings report – Phase 1
• Ecological Investigations findings report – Phase 2
• Hydrodynamic Model Scenarios – Phase 1
• Hydrodynamic Modelling – Phase 2

Coorong Infrastructure Investigations: Draft Feasibility Assessment Consultation – February 2022

• Summary of the draft Feasibility Assessment Report
• Feasibility Assessment Report – Final
• Healthy Coorong Healthy Basin video
• the Desired State of the Southern Coorong Discussion Paper
• the Southern Coorong factsheets
• Consultation FAQ document
• Information webinar videos
  • Coorong Infrastructure Investigations Project Overview
  • Science Support of Investigations and the “State of the Coorong”
  • Infrastructure Options Considered
  • Hydrodynamic Modelling to Inform Infrastructure Options
  • Ecological Investigations
  • Next Steps

• Information webinar PDFS:
  • Coorong Infrastructure Investigations Project Overview
  • Science Support of Investigations and the “State of the Coorong”
  • Infrastructure Options Considered
  • Hydrodynamic Modelling to Inform Infrastructure Options
  • Ecological Investigations
  • Next Steps

• Infrastructure Option Flyover Videos
  • Option 2 – Dredge Parnka Point *
  • Option 3D – Pump out (low visual impact discharge) + Dredge Parnka Point *
  • Option 4A – Pump in or out (separate pumping stations) *

*Flyover videos are a visual interpretation of some Coorong infrastructure concepts currently under feasibility investigations. These are intended to illustrate the concepts and their potential scale within the vast Coorong landscape. It does not represent a preference or proposal to progress these concepts.

Coorong Infrastructure Investigations: Feasibility & Future Directions - August 2022

• Feasibility Assessment & Future Directions – August 2022

On Ground Works

• Lake Hawdon North Investigations – Frequently Asked Questions

Scientific Trials and Investigations

• Trials and Investigations Project - Key findings
• Desired state of the Southern Coorong – discussion paper
• Recommended actions for restoring the ecological character of the South Lagoon of the Coorong
• Coorong Dynamics Model sensitivity tests and gap identification

Southern Coorong Factsheets

• Nutrient cycling in the Southern Coorong
• The role of sediments in the eutrophication of the Southern Coorong
• Monosulfidic black oozes are anoxic and alter nutrient cycles
• Pathways to reversing the hypereutrophic nutrient state of the Coorong
• Connectivity and flushing
• The aquatic plants of the Southern Coorong
• Why aquatic plants are important
• Aquatic plant lifecycles in the Southern Coorong
• Algae affects recovery of aquatic plants

Understanding Coorong nutrient dynamics

• Coorong water quality synthesis with a focus on the drivers of eutrophication
• Sources and transport of nutrients in the Coorong
• Coorong nutrient cycling and fluxes
• A scientific evaluation to inform nutrient removal options for the Coorong
• Monosulfidic Black Ooze (MBO) formation, cycling and management in the Coorong

Investigating the drivers and control of filamentous algae and restoration of aquatic plants in the Coorong

• The growth of aquatic macrophytes (Ruppia tuberosa spp. and Althenia cylindrocarpa) and the filamentous algal community in the southern Coorong
• Experimental testing of Coorong filamentous algal growth with increasing temperature and salinity
• Investigation of the application of remote sensing to estimate coverage of surface exposed (floating) filamentous algae in the Coorong, South Australia
• Distribution and seasonality of the Ruppia dominated aquatic macrophyte community and filamentous algae in the southern Coorong
• A restoration strategy for the Ruppia Community of the southern Coorong
• Microbial community composition of the southern Coorong including evaluating seasonal variation and sediment, water column, aquatic macrophytes and filamentous algae as substrates for microbial growth

Restoring a functioning Coorong food web

• A synthesis of current knowledge of the food web and food resources for waterbird and fish populations in the Coorong
• The current state of food resources supporting waterbird and fish populations in the Coorong
• Primary food resources for key waterbirds and benthic fish in the Coorong
• Food resource availability, energy content and nutritional value of major food sources for key fish and waterbird species under varying environmental conditions in the Coorong
• Ecosystem models to inform the development of strategies to restore a functioning South Lagoon food web in the Coorong

Maintaining viable waterbird populations

• Review of the ecology, status and modelling of waterbird populations of the Coorong South Lagoon
• Assessment of Tolderol Game Reserve in autumn 2019 to support key species of Coorong waterbirds
• An initial assessment of the potential for wetlands in the South East and Lower Lakes regions of South Australia to support key species of Coorong waterbirds
• Response models for key waterbird species of the Coorong
• Recommended habitat quality measures for key waterbird species in the Coorong
• Assessing waterbird habitat quality in the Coorong
• Response models for waterbird species of the south-east of South Australia
• Spatial and temporal habitat use by key waterbird species in the Coorong

Science integration

• Summary of Coorong hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological models
• Application of the Coorong Dynamics Model
• Coorong decision-making framework, supporting ecosystem based management
• Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Scientific Trials and Investigations data management framework

Climate adaptation

• Trajectories of ecological change in the Coorong and Lower Lakes, in response to climate change
• Preliminary climate change vulnerability assessment for the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth
• Preliminary adaptation pathways for the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth