Dr Ceridwen Fraser has been looking at the immediate impact of the recent earthquake, and how that disturbance has affected patterns of biological diversity in kelp.
A group of 30 students and staff from the ANU embarked on a four day field trip, covering the wheat/sheep zone at Cowra and Canowindra, the marginal cropping practices near Nyngan, the waters usage along hte Macquarie River and Macquaries Marshes and mining at North Parkes mine.