Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc.
Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
According to Researchers Used Underwater Drones To Study Algal Blooms, researchers using underwater drones have identified the process behind the formation of algal blooms. They say that these “new findings…
Dr. Anitra Thorhaug Ph.D. (the Seagrass Lady) is maintaining contact with our Society. She recently sent us a copy of her co-authored Frontiers in Marine Science Journal article titled Seagrass…
The Living Seawalls project has been awarded the 2025 Eureka Prize for Environmental Research by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. According to the SIMS…
We have an online library through Librarika Each of the items in our library are given ‘Categories’ for topics from ‘Animal behaviour’ to ‘Wildlife’. Most items have some relevance to…
Chris Illert was briefly (1978-80) a member of our Society when we were known as MARIA (the Marine Aquarium Research Institute of Australia – SA Branch). He later joined the…
Congratulations to the four new Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation postdoctoral fellows and four new postdoctoral fellowship award winners of 2023: – POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS Dr Michelle Achlatis (University…
There has been a recent revision of skeleton shrimp species following the discovery of thousands of skeleton shrimp on commercial fishing nets in the Gippsland Lakes in south-eastern Australia. The…
According to ABC News, scientists recently unveiled Seamap, a “mass online mapping tool revealing marine life on ocean floors”. Seamap was described as “A world-first internet portal … making it…
AusOcean’s Trek Hopton sent in video footage from the Rapid Bay jetty underwater camera showing what appears to be a western cleaner clingfish on the lens of the camera. It…
The Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) has been involved in researching and monitoring Goolwa pipi (cockles) population dynamics and associated aspects e.g. recreational pipi extraction impacts. Open season is currently November…