Tag Archives: Murray River

Flow regulation and drought drive riparian plant invasion

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Jane Catford

Ecologists, like epidemiologists, are often confronted with the challenge of trying to determine causality by piecing together bits of information observed in nature. When the presence or absence of a species at a site is affected by the characteristics of … Continue reading →

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Managing the Murray’s water to combat invasive species

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jane Catford

About this time last year, I wrote an article for H2O Thinking, a water management magazine published by eWater (until recently the eWater CRC). While the turnaround time is nothing to envy, the piece found its place on the web earlier this week. In … Continue reading →

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Newsletter article: Causes, impacts and ways to manage exotic plant invasion along the River Murray

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jane Catford

Dec 2011 – Condensing a rather large topic down to a single page, I discuss some of the processes that lead to high levels of invasion in riparian zones in this article. I also present  information on why we should … Continue reading →

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