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Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and crayfish
During droughts, Australia’s inland rivers dry up, leaving waterholes as the only wet places in a parched landscape. Fish, turtles, crayfish and other aquatic animals retreat to these vital refuges. But our research, published today, reveals these waterholes are in danger of filling up with eroded soil from farms. This is putting a big squeeze […]
Posted in Environment Institute, Law and Economics, Sprigg Geobiology Centre, SpriggCentre
Tagged Associate Professor John Tibby, drought, floods, moonie river, Murray Darling Basin, soil erosion, waterholes
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