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South Australia’s management of species and habitat include programs relating to threatened and abundant species, and ecosystems.

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Native vegetation occurrence in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Native vegetation classes in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Likely occurrence of EPBC Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Likely occurrence of EPBC Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area (heatmap)
Likely occurrence of NPW Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area

Background and implementation Information for the Murrray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis National Recovery Plan.
Ecology and conservation of Tasmanian Sphagnum peatlands book review
Ecology of breeding Fairy Terns Sternula nereis in the Coorong
National recovery plan for the Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis.
The Chowilla Floodplain and Lindsay-Wallpolla Islands Icon Site Environmental Management Plan 2006-2007.
National Recovery Plan for the Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii peelii.
Ecological Outcomes of Flow Regimes in the Murray-Darling Basin
Ecological fire management strategy: Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-Wren (Stipiturus malachurus intermedius) .
Ecological fire management strategy: Kangaroo Island Dunnart.
Ecological fire management strategy: Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby
Southern Bell Frog census 2010-2011
Coloured Spider Orchard, Caladenia colorata
Metallic Sun-orchard, Thelymitra epipactoides
Monarto Mintbush, Prostanthera eurybioides
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata (Vulnerable)
Looking after the environment that looks after you: Landscapes in the SA Murray Darling Basin
Woodland BushBids Fact Sheet 05 - Submission and Assessment
Ecological fire management strategy: Sandhill Dunnart.
Woodland BushBids Fact Sheet 01 - Questions and Answers
Woodland BushBids Fact Sheet 04 - Management and Vegetation
BushBids: Lock 3 to Swan Reach, Riverbend - Overview
Ecological fire management strategy: South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne).
Environmental Stewardship South Australia 2011-12: Multiple ecological communities project
Southern Bell Frog: An important wetland species in the South Australian River Murray.
Monarto mintbush, Prostanthera eurybioides
News Release: Community invited to apply for River Bend Bushbids vegetation management funding
Bushbids: RiverBend - Information sheet 03 - Management Services
Bushbids: RiverBend - Information sheet 01 - Q&A
Bushbids: Riverbend - Information sheet 02 - Site visits
Striated Grasswren (sandplain subspecies) Amytornis striatus striatus (Vulnerable)
Ecological fire management strategy: Broom and Gorse.
Western Whipbird (eastern subspecies) Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster (Vulnerable)
Bushbids: Riverbend - Information sheet 05 - Submission and assessment of bids
Ecological fire management strategy: Southern Brown Bandicoot.
Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee (Vulnerable)
Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System Biodiversity Monitoring Trial – Bimbowrie Conservation Park
The health of Southern hairy-nosed Wombats in the Murraylands.
Informed communities are adaptive communities: community-led monitoring of native vegetation condition.
The State Herbarium of South Australia
Living with wombats: Southern hairy-nosed wombats in the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin.
One million and counting (2012 version)
Silver Daisy-bush, Olearia pannosa ssp. pannosa
Resin Wattle, Acacia rhetinocarpa
Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis) monitoring in the Lower Lakes.
What is happening to the woodland birds of the Mount Lofty Ranges?
Wedge-tailed eagles in agricultural areas.
Why are new species described?
Environmental Stewardship: Multiple ecological communities project - Information Booklet (SA 2011-2012)
Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
Richness of 'at risk' species near wetlands and KEAs along the River Murray in South Australia.
BushBids: Lock 3 to Swan Reach - Conservation along the River Murray and surrounding plains of the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
Bushbids: Riverbend management and vegetation map
Bushbids Riverbend boundary map
Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis) census and community engagement project in the Lower River Murray, South Australia. Final Report.
Bushbids: Biodiversity Stewardship in the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (An initiative of the Maintaining Australia’s Biodiversity Hotspots Programme)
Data on significant wilderness areas in the Alinytjara Wilurara and South Australian Arid Lands NRM Regions
Informing the development of the monitoring framework for native vegetation condition across the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM region: workshop summary report
Effect of Barrage Releases in Northern Lagoon of Coorong and Murray Mouth
Habitat Assessment Monitoring of Revegetated area in Lower Lakes
Site Planners Guide for CLLMM Region
Revised Ecosystem Response Model - Lower Lakes
Monitoring Effect of Clayton Regulator on Biota of Goolwa Weir Pool
Review of Potential Mammal and Reptile Indicators for Monitoring Habitat Rehabilitation
Vegetation Program Bird Assessment 2013
Vegetation Program Bird Assessment 2014
Vegetation Program Bird Assessment 2015
Vegetation Program Vegetation Assessment 2013
Vegetation Program Vegetation Assessment 2014
Vegetation Program Vegetation Assessment 2015
Vegetation Program S. validus Monitoring 2013
Vegetation Program S. validus Monitoring 2013
Vegetation Program S. validus Monitoring 2013
Vegetation Program S. validus Monitoring 2013
Vegetation Program Landscape History 2013
Vegetation Program Soil Carbon 2012
Vegetation Program Soil Carbon 2013
Vegetation Program S. validus Monitoring 2016
Macroinvertebrate Community Composition and Chironomid Deformity in Lower Lakes
Lower Lakes Benthic Ecosystem Assessment Pilot Study
Influence of Acidified Sediments and other Factors on Aquatic Invertebrates
Real Time Management Strategy to Avoid Acidification
Real Time Management Strategy to Avoid Acidification_Summary Report
Fairy Tern Breeding in the Coorong
Waterbirds of the Coorong, Lower Lakes & Murray Mouth
Behaviour of Water Birds in the Coorong Region
Coorong Wader 2012 Census
Coorong Shorebird 2015 Census
Waterbird Diversity and Distribution Chart - South Lagoon
Waterbird Diversity and Distribution Chart - Murray Mouth
Waterbird Diversity and Distribution Chart - North Lagoon
Waterbird Diversity and Distribution Chart - Lower Lakes
Waterbird Responses to Goolwa Channel Water-Level Management and Barrage Releases, and Developing Habitat Suitability Models
Waterbird Distribution and Abundance Infographics
Cryptic and Colonialnesting Waterbirds: Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Associations 2013
Influences of Drought and High Flow on the Large-Bodies Fish Assemblage in the Lower Lakes
Bird Assessment Surveys 2014
Condition Monitoring: Waterbirds 2014
Cryptic and Colonialnesting Waterbirds: Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Associations 2015
Assessment of Success of Reintroductions of Threatened Fish
Assessment of Threatened Fish Populations
Reintroductions of Threatened Fish Species 2011-12
Reintroductions of Threatened Fish Species 2011-13
Condition Monitoring of Threatened Fish Species 2013-2014
Fish Intervention Monitoring During Barrage Releases
Fish Assemblage Structure, Movement and Recruitment
Fish Monitoring for Drought Action Plan - Threatened Freshwater Fish Populations 2010/11
Fish Monitoring for Drought Action Plan - Threatened Freshwater Fish Populations 2009/10
Small-bodied Native Fish Conservation for Drought Action Plan
Captive Spawning and Rearing Trial of River Blackfish
Fish Response to Barrage Releases and Recovery Following Drought 2011/12
Fish Response to Flows in the Murray Estuary and Coorong 2013/14
Fish Response to Flows in the Coorong
Diet and Trophic Characteristics of Mulloway, Congolli and Australian Salmon
Influences of Drought and High Flow on Large-Bodied Fish Assemblage
Fish Assemblage Response and Fishway Effectiveness
Monitoring of Estuarine and Diadromous Fishes in Mundoo Channel and Boundary Creek
Response of Fish to Goolwa Channel Water Level Management Plan
River Blackfish in Rodwell Creek
Conservation and Management of River Blackfish in Rodwell Creek
Construction of Fishways Fact Sheet
Monitoring Fish Populations in Response to Barrage Outflows
Update on Projects and Events in CLLMM Interview
Radio Interview on Fishways
30th Anniversary of Ramsar Listing Media Release
Frog Monitoring in the CLLMM 2014
Frogs in the CLLMM Region_Monitoring Outcomes 2013
Frog Monitoring in the CLLMM Region 2013
Frog Monitoring in the CLLMM Region 2015
Community Frog Monitoring in the CLLMM Region
Frog Monitoring in the CLLMM Region Recommendations
Southern Bell Frog Monitoring
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response 2014
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring 2011
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response Monitoring 2012
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response Monitoring 2013
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey 2013
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey 2014
Macroinvertebrate Monitoring, Analysis and Synthesis
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response Monitoring 2015
Patterns in Biodiversity of Macroinvertebrates in Littoral Zones
Annual Monitoring of Rupia in the Coorong Region 2013
Annual Monitoring of Rupia in the Coorong Region 2014
Response of Ruppia in the Coorong to Water Delivery over Summer
Intervention Monitoring of Ruppia
Annual Monitoring of Rupia in the Coorong Region 2014
Distrubution and Abundance of Ruppia 2014
Water Quality Influences on Distribution of Ruppia
Resilience -Outline of Experimental Treatment and Patterns
Current Distibution and Abundance of Ruppia 2012
Annual Monitoring of Ruppia in the Coorong Region 2011
Developing Ecological Knowledge to Inform Re-establishment of Ruppia 2011
Condition Monitoring of Ruppia in Southern Coorong in Summer 2014
Trafficability Assessment
Wetland Condition Assessments 2014
Vegetation Conditioning Monitoring
Habitat Assessment Monitoring of Revegetated Areas
Wetland Condition Assessments 2015
Functional Indicators of Decompositon for Monitoring Ecosystem Health
Lower Lakes Vegetation Condition Monitoring 2011
Mapping Large Emergent Plant Communities
Establishment Success and Benefits of Schoenoplectus Tabernaemontani
Functional Indicators of Decomposition - Ecosystem Health
Examining Potential Functional Indicators for Monitoring Ecosystem Health
Habitat Modelling of Key Submergent Macrophytes
Response of Water Quality and Phytoplankton to Barrage Releases
Response of Suspended Microalgae to Barrage Releases
Using Water Quality and Microalgae Monitoring Data to Evaluate Indicators for the ECD
Microalage and Water Quality Monitoring Data
Review of Reports on Microalgae and Nutrient Conditions
Zooplankton Response Monitoring
Conceptual Understanding of Zooplankton Structure and Function
Response of Zooplankton Communities in the North Lagoon to Barrage Releases
Ecosystem Services
Zooplankton Review
Zooplankton Response Monitoring
CLLMM_211_Biodisparity in Fish Communities _2013
Ecological Risk Assessment - Managing Potential Acidification of the Lower Lakes - Birds
Literature Review of Ecology of Birds
Cryptic and Colonial-Nesting Waterbirds - Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Associations
Literature Review on Ecology of Fishes
Literature Review on Freshwater Macrinvertebrates
ECD for Ruppia Tuberosa
Preliminary Identification of Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem States of the Coorong - Ecosystem Response Model
Monitoring the Ramsar Status - Case Study Using Birds
Macrobenthic Invertebrates Literature Review - Changing Environmental Conditions
Nutrient Cycling and Phytoplankton Communities
Modelling Waterbird Responses to Ecological Conditions
CLLMM_603_Coorong Pumping EPBC Referral Appendix A_2010
Managing Salinity in the Coorong - pumping hypersaline water out of the Southern Lagoon. Technical Feasibility Assessment (VERSION 13).
Ecological Justification for the South Lagoon Salinity Reduction Scheme – A Discussion Paper.
Coorong South Lagoon Salinity Reduction Strategy: Pumping Scheme. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Referral.
Wyndgate Property: Revegetation Site Assessments 2015, and Recommendations for Future Restoration Works
Systematic Botany-a vew from the Centre
Flora survey on Hiltaba Station and Gawler Ranges National Park: vascular plants, macrofungi, lichens, and bryophytes
Hiltaba Nature Reserve and Gawler Ranges National Park SA 2012: a Bush Blitz survey report
Conservation risk assessment report for little penguins in South Australia
Independent report on the risk assessment for little penguins in South Australia including management recommendations and priorities
Butterfly Conservation in Southern Eyre Peninsula
Revision of Kunzea (Myrtaceae). 2. Subgenera Angasomyrtus and Salisia (section Salisia) from Western Australia and subgenera Kunzea and Niviferae (sections Platyphyllae and Pallidiflorae) from eastern Australia
Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species
Guide To The Roadside Vegetation Survey Methodology In South Australia: Gis Data Entry, Editing And Display
Improving NRM Outcomes in the Rangelands by Strategically Removing Feral Goats
A Landscape Assessment for the Southern Mt Lofty Ranges Landscape Version 2.0
Paney Station Lease Assessment Report
A List Of The Vertebrates Of South Australia: 1990
Malleefowl Re- introduction Eyre Peninsula 2000-05: August 2001 report
The roles of agricultural biodiversity in the McLaren Vale landscape
One million and counting (2016 version)
Riparian vegetation: Benefits to landholders and ecosystems in the Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning region
Threatened Plant Species On Roadsides: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Floristic Vegetation and Tree Health Mapping, River Murray Floodplain, South Australia
Environmental values in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin
Conceptual models of nearshore reefs in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges region
State of evidence: Kangaroos and their management in SA
A Review of the Evidence for the Management of South Australia's Free-ranging Koala populations
Science support for the Tatiara PWA WAP review: 2017–18 Volume 1
Modelling spatial patterns in koala density on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to inform sterilisation targets for population control
Floristic Native Vegetation Mapping - South Australia
Pre-European Settlement Floristic Vegetation Mapping - South Australia
Roadside Vegetation Mapping - South Australia
Biological impacts of the 2005 wildfire on southern Eyre Peninsula: monitoring post-fire recovery within three years using Biological Survey of South Australia sites.
Dry Creek Salt Fields Vegetation Impact Mapping Technical Report
Dry Creek Salt Fields Vegetation Impact Mapping Summary Report
Dry Creek Salt Field Vegetation Dieback Map
Phebalium calcicola (Rutaceae: Boronieae): a species described as new, restricted to south-eastern South Australia, is proposed as Critically Endangered
Coorong decision-making framework, supporting ecosystem based management
Climate change science and knowledge plan for South Australia 2022
Application of the Coorong Dynamics Model
Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Scientific Trials and Investigations data management framework
Green Adelaide Rocky Reef Program: Trends in the condition of rocky reef ecosystems of the greater Adelaide and Fleurieu Peninsula region, South Australia
Technical information supporting the 2023 Coastal and marine: Established invasive species abundance and distribution and Coastal and marine: New incursions of invasive species environmental trend and condition report cards
Technical information supporting the 2023 Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth diadromous fish recruitment environmental trend and condition report card
Technical information supporting the 2023 Coorong waterbirds populations environmental trend and condition report card
Technical information supporting the 2023 Lower Lakes aquatic and littoral vegetation environmental trend and condition report card
Technical information supporting the 2023 River Murray floodplain trees condition environmental trend and condition report card
Technical information supporting the 2023 River Murray flow-dependent fish populations environmental trend and condition report card
2023 Environmental trend and condition report card: Biodiversity, Inland waters, CLLMM diadromous fish recruitment
2023 Environmental trend and condition report card: Biodiversity, Inland waters, Coorong waterbirds populations
2023 Environmental trend and condition report card: Biodiversity, Inland waters, Lower Lakes aquatic and littoral vegetation
2023 Environmental trend and condition report card: Biodiversity, Inland waters, River Murray floodplain trees condition
2023 Environmental trend and condition report card: Biodiversity, Inland waters, River Murray flow-dependent fish populations
Tracking changes in South Australia's environment: 51 trend and condition report cards 2023_Overview report
Tracking changes in South Australia's environment: 51 trend and condition report cards 2023_Full report
AMLR Subtidal Reef Program: Review and recommendation of sites and indicators for monitoring the condition of near-shore subtidal reefs communities in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM region
Native vegetation occurrence in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Native vegetation classes in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Likely occurrence of EPBC Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Likely occurrence of EPBC Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area (heatmap)
Likely occurrence of NPW Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area
Likely occurrence of NPW Act listed species in the HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area (heatmap)
Native vegetation occurrence in the HRE Whyalla West proposed release area
Native vegetation classes in the HRE Whyalla West proposed release area
Likely occurrence of EPBC Act listed species in the HRE Whyalla West proposed release area
Likely occurrence of EPBC Act listed species in the HRE Whyalla West proposed release area (heatmap)
Likely occurrence of NPW Act listed species in the HRE Whyalla West proposed release area
Likely occurrence of NPW Act listed species in the HRE Whyalla West proposed release area (heatmap)
Mapping of legislated biodiversity values to inform DEM HRE Gawler Ranges East proposed release area: Summary of DEW approach, outputs, and interpretation considerations (September 2024)
Mapping of legislated biodiversity values to inform DEM HRE Whyalla West proposed release area: Summary of DEW approach, outputs, and interpretation considerations (September 2024)