Congratulations to the CLLAMMecology research cluster!

The CLLAMMecology Research Cluster was awarded the Environment and Community Award at the Australian Water Association SA Branch water awards on 21 November. This award celebrates and recognises outstanding contributions related to water in South Australia. The award is an important accolade and recognises the important contribution CLLAMMecology has made towards understanding the environmentally and socially important system of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth.

Located south-east of Adelaide in South Australia, the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLAMM) region is one of Australia’s largest estuaries. It has been added to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance (designated November 1985). The CLLAMMecology Research Cluster evaluated water management options for the region, to secure and sustain the health of the estuary.

Completed in June 2009, the cluster was the first comprehensive ecological research program in the Coorong region, and the largest Australian research project looking at the response of estuarine waterbirds and fish to environmental flows.

The cluster brought together scientists from a diverse range of disciplines including hydrodynamics, spatial analysis and bird and fish ecology.

Congratulations to all the researchers who made this research cluster a success.