Cyanobacteria slime samples of D M Paterson
These pictures were taken in October 2010 of the research of Professor D M Paterson into the effect of micobialite communities on sedimentation regimes (material from the Shark Bay stromatolites).
shore 1: thrombolitic time
Lake Richmond microbialites
We disturbed a spoonbill roosting on the thrombolites. Musk duck calls out his territory in the water nearby. These were quite squishy to the touch and birds had been pooing on them. Close up of one of the lithified stones. I think this has been turned over when they dug the drain. It shows …
Lake Clifton thrombolites declared a critically endangered community
Well are they dead or are they alive? There have certainly been considerable changes in the microbial communities in the thrombolites in the last 10 years. Yesterday the Lake Clifton thrombolites were listed as critically endangered under the Federal EPBC Act under the following criteria Criterion 2 as critically endangered because its geographic distribution …
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Hydrobotanics Symposium 17 November
A symposium hosted by ICLL and Createc on the twin subjects of water and plant life in Western Australia. For its end-of-year symposium, the International Centre for Landscape and Language (ICLL) at ECU’s Mount Lawley Campus is pleased to present a distinguished array of biologists, geographers, writers, artists, and other creative and scientific people. The symposium will …