Ruppia monitoring Southern Coorong

Long-term annual monitoring of Ruppia tuberosa in the Southern Coorong in South Australia is undertaken by the University of Adelaide. The monitoring commenced in 1998 focusing on winter sampling, and it was extended in 2013 to include summer sampling.\r\nR. tuberosa is a native submerged aquatic plant, commonly known as tuberous sea tassel. It provides habitat and food for aquatic invertebrates, fish and herbivorous waterbirds in the Coorong. The LLCMM region, which includes the Coorong, is a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance. It is also one of the icon sites under The Living Murray program. The condition of the LLCMM region, and aquatic native vegetation recruitment and populations, have been identified as targets against which to assess progress towards achieving the objectives of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The Ruppia monitoring data and findings form part of the ecological information used for this assessment.\r\nThe 2016-17 monitoring program was funded by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). Prior to 2016-17, the program was funded by the MDBA, South Australia’s Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), Earthwatch Australia and the University of Adelaide in different years\r\nThe MDBA has made the R. tuberosa database and related resources publicly available on data.gov.au as part of its commitment to the Australian Government policy on public data and information. The terms and conditions for using the data and related resources from this website can be found at https://www.data.gov.au/about.\r\n \r\n

澳大利亚南澳州南部库龙区域的球茎川蔓藻（Ruppia tuberosa）长期年度监测工作由阿德莱德大学开展。该监测项目始于1998年，初期仅开展冬季采样，2013年扩展至包含夏季采样环节。

球茎川蔓藻为澳大利亚本土沉水水生植物，俗称球茎海缨。其可为库龙区域的水生无脊椎动物、鱼类与植食性水鸟提供栖息生境与食物来源。涵盖库龙区域的下湖区与墨累河口区域（Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth, LLCMM）是列入《拉姆萨尔公约》的国际重要湿地，同时也是《鲜活墨累》（The Living Murray）计划的标志性试点站点之一。下湖区与墨累河口区域的生态状况、本土水生植被的种群补充与种群规模，已被确定为评估《墨累-达令流域计划》目标推进进度的核心考核指标。本次球茎川蔓藻监测所获数据与研究成果，正是该评估所需生态信息的重要组成部分。

2016-2017年度的监测项目由墨累-达令流域管理局（Murray-Darling Basin Authority, MDBA）资助。在2016-2017年之前，该项目曾在不同年份分别由墨累-达令流域管理局、南澳州环境、水与自然资源部（Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, DEWNR）、澳大利亚地球观察（Earthwatch Australia）以及阿德莱德大学提供资助。

作为落实澳大利亚政府公共数据与信息政策的承诺之一，墨累-达令流域管理局已将球茎川蔓藻数据库及相关资源在data.gov.au平台上公开。使用该网站提供的数据与相关资源的条款与细则，可通过https://www.data.gov.au/about查询获取。