Wetland Research and Management continue to provide survey services for a wide range of ecosystems found in the South-West of Australia. As part of these surveys, WRM has sampled and monitored the following;
- Donnelly River
- Samson Brook
- Ferguson River
- Collie River
A wide range of methods are used when surveying aquatic fauna, including;
Smith-RooteElectrofisher backpacks, seine nets, small and large baited box traps, gill nets, fyke nets, dip and macroinvertebrate nets, bathymetry scopes, rakes and shovels (for finding mussels).
TARGETED SPECIES:
ENDANGERED
Black-striped Minnow, Carter’s Freshwater Mussel (Westralunio carteri)
ENDEMICS:
Cobbler, nightfish, western pygmy perch
CRAYFISH:
Marron, Gilgie
