Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
I wrote about Jessie Hussey in the articles titled Jessie Hussey’s contribution to the knowledge of SA’s marine flora and Mike Moore’s “butterfly of the month”, followed by Lisa Waters talk about amateur botanist Jessie Louisa Hussey (1862-1899). Jessie Louisa Hussey was an amateur botanist from Port Elliot. She was […]
The Moonrise Seaweed Co. has been working towards the farming of seaweed for the past 3 years. They say that “seaweed farming has the potential to be a win-win-win form of agriculture – producing versatile, nourishing crops, reviving coastal economies, and regenerating local marine ecologies”. They need, however, a lot […]
There has been a new development since I wrote my two articles about red alga use in agriculture – Red Alga Use in Agriculture Update re Red Alga Use in Agriculture The SA State Government made a major announcement in January 2022. Details were posted to the PIRA/SARDI website. According […]
After writing Red Alga Use in Agriculture last year, I stumbled across Adam Main, one of the key personnel from CH4 SA. After a brief chat, we remained in contact with each other. This led to Adam being the guest speaker at our September 2021 General Meeting. Adam’s presentation […]
A South Australian company called CH4 SA, as part of CH4 Global, will be farming red algae to help to improve bovine meat and dairy production, whilst eliminating the dreaded methane production associated with cows. According to a report in a “Future Adelaide” lift out section of the Sunday Mail […]
Seaweeds found to be also sensitive to ocean warming by Steve Reynolds Alexia Graba-Landry says that seaweeds are just as sensitive to ocean warming as corals. Alexia is a 2017-2019 PhD candidate at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland. She was […]
From Stromatolites to Microbialites by Steve Reynolds During Ian Lewis’ talk about cave diving around Mount Gambier at the SDFSA’s Splash Inn event during SA Scuba Week, he mentioned the occurrence of stromatolites in the Blue Lake. This reminded me about the article Report on the Blue Lake Sediment Sampling […]
Species sighted at Witton Bluff & Christies Reef by Steve Reynolds As reported in My Early Diving Days , Witton Bluff is the high point on the coast between Port Noarlunga and Christies Beach. It is named after the 1839 wreck of the David Witton. I did my first sea snorkel there […]
As divers, we see all different kinds of marine algae underwater, but identifying the species can be tricky for most of us. There are greens, browns, reds and even blue-greens. Then there are Dinoflagellates (Division Dinophyta) and different seagrasses (Angiosperms). Algae at Rapid Bay jetty March 2017 (Taken by Steve […]