Random thoughts and observations
I discovered today that two of my great-great grandparents, Daniel Burgdorf and Augusta Springer, arrived in Sydney from Germany aboard the Reiherstieg on August 5, 1852.
That’s a story for another post, but for now I want to mention that aboard the ship with them was the scientist, magnetician, hydrographer, oceanographer and meteorologist Georg Balthasar von Neumayer.
The Health Department has issued a blue-green algae health warning for the River Torrens downstream of the city weir.
That includes Linear Park, where we like to walk, between the Tapleys Hill Road bridge and the river mouth.
According to Wikipedia, blue-green algae is the common term for cyanobacteria.
Ever wondered what a baby lobster looks like?
Earlier this month I wrote about the work of SARDI Aquatic Sciences.
One of their projects is helping “open a window to the future” for South Australia’s rock lobster industry by providing a strategic insight into the success of future seasons up to five years in advance.
Yesterday I visited the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre at West Beach where significant research is undertaken to ensure the sustainable growth of the state’s aquaculture industries.
Core skills include aquaculture nutrition, genetics and propagation, micro-algal production, marine and freshwater ecological research, environmental assessment, oceanography, aquatic biosecurity and fisheries biology, assessment and modelling.
The State Herbarium of South Australia has marked the collection of its millionth species by uncovering a species never before recorded in Australia. The Herbarium is the key centre for knowledge and information on South Australia’s native and naturalised plants, algae, fungi and lichens. The centre is internationally recognised for its research and advisory role in plant systematics. The millionth specimen was a delicate fungus found growing on damp, rotten wood on Kangaroo Island.
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