Angus Webb – The Conversation

The Murrumbidgee River is one of several sites in the Murray-Darling Basin where improvements are being detected. CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons

April 30, 2018

It will take decades, but the Murray Darling Basin Plan is delivering environmental improvements

Angus Webb, The University of Melbourne; Darren Ryder, University of New England; Fiona Dyer, University of Canberra; Michael Stewardson, The University of Melbourne; Mike Grace, Monash University; Nick Bond, La Trobe University; Paul Frazier, University of New England; Qifeng Ye; Rick Stoffels, CSIRO; Robyn J Watts, Charles Sturt University; Samantha Capon, Griffith University, and Skye Wassens, Charles Sturt University

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan has been politically fraught and mired in scandal. But environmental monitoring suggests that the health of the rivers is indeed improving – even if it will take decades.

Waterbugs are used for the monitoring of river ecosystem health across the world. Amanda Woodman

July 17, 2015

How healthy is your river? Ask a waterbug

Angus Webb, The University of Melbourne

Around the world, waterbugs are the most widely-used indicator of environmental health and pollution of rivers, lakes and wetlands.

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