blooms

Assessing the potential for algal blooms in clear water phase tropical rivers

Algal blooms commonly occur in rivers across southern Australia and worldwide. Blooms and their associated biota cause taste and odour problems that are a constant source of complaints to water authorities.

  • Publication
  • Final Report
  • 2006
  • Product code PN30245
  • National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Assessing the Potential for Algal Blooms in Clear Water Phase Tropical Rivers

Associate Professor George Ganff, from the University of Adelaide studied the rivers of northern Australia and particularly those in the Top End of the Northern Territory which are subject to major seasonal changes in flow and inter-annual variability. During the dry season, spring water maintains flow with different water chemistry from the rainfall run-off that constitutes wet season flow.

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  • National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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