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The St Kilda salt fields brine spill – Mangrove disaster and a wake up call for the SA Government

February 3, 2021 Dan Monceaux

If you’ve been following the news in South Australia over the past few months, you’re probably aware of the many hectares of dead, dying and distressed vegetation in the St…

Nudibranchs Pollution Stormwater

Nudibranchs and other sea slugs of the Port River, South Australia

June 19, 2019 Dan Monceaux

The Marine Life Society of SA was recently asked which species of sea slugs (which include nudibranchs) are found in the Port (Adelaide) River. We’ve only just started exploring the…

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The Port River – over 100 marine and coastal species and counting

October 16, 2018 Dan Monceaux

I was first inspired to pay more attention to this often overlooked ecosystem by the discovery of the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea sp. there in 2016 by MLSSA president and area…

Cnidaria Marine invertebrates

The Upside-down Jellyfish, Cassiopea ndrosia

December 13, 2016 Steve Reynolds

The last thing that I expected to be doing on the first days of my recent retirement from work was studying jellyfish, but that’s exactly what happened! That’s just the…

Invasive species

The European Featherduster Worm (Sabella spallanzani)

February 1, 1997 Steve Reynolds

South Australian divers may have heard a little bit about the introduction of exotic species into Australian waters. It is said to be an increasing problem but we do not…

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The St Kilda salt fields brine spill – Mangrove disaster and a wake up call for the SA Government

Nudibranchs and other sea slugs of the Port River, South Australia

The Port River – over 100 marine and coastal species and counting

The Upside-down Jellyfish, Cassiopea ndrosia

The European Featherduster Worm (Sabella spallanzani)