The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) is a multi-disciplinary research centre. Our work includes: environmental flows, nutrient cycles, algal, fish and invertebrate ecology, macroinvertebrate and microinvertebrate taxonomy, and water quality assessment through biological and chemical monitoring programs.
Bug Guide
Sulfidic Sediments - Action Support Tool
An interactive guide and resources for the identification and ecology of Australian freshwater invertebrates
Artists in Residence
Ken and Julia Yonetani recently completed a three month Artist in Residency program in Mildura. During this time they produced a life size 'still life' of the local produce out of salt. They hope that by making something you eat out of salt people will make the connection back to problems of salinity more easily. Ken and Julia's installation was a part of the Palimpsest (Arts festival) in Mildura in 2011. The MDFRC supported the artists by informing their research into the effects of salinity through discussions with the MDFRC scientists.
Bottle Bend 2008 - no life and highly acidic, the orange on the shore of the lagoon is acid sulfate, which is as strong as battery acid
Critical to the health of our wetlands, the Murray hardyhead has escaped extinction, thanks to the efforts of MDFRC fish ecologist Iain Ellis and the National Murray hardyhead Recovery Group.
