Algae Activity Reports

Swan River Trust

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Algal blooms and pollution


	Algae Activity Report The Algae Activity Report is a weekly map and brief description of algal densities in the Swan and canning rivers. Any current alerts are also included. The reports are broadcast as part of the news and weather on Channel 9 each Friday evening and are published each Saturday in the weather section of the West Australian newspaper. Current and archived reports are also available.


	Algae Activity Report - Week 14 August 2009 Algae activity was medium to high in the Swan and Canning rivers this week. Water in the lower Canning River may appear brown due to a harmless alga. The Department of Health advises the public not to eat wild shellfish from the Swan and Canning rivers.

SRT Reports

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	Algae Activity Report Information Sheet Publish Date: 18-AUG-2006 03:05 PM Algae Activity Reports are an initiative of the Swan River Trust, and form part of new media partnerships made possible by extra Government funding allocated to the Swan-Canning Cleanup Program

	Algae: Blooms, scum and recreation Publish Date: 10-FEB-2004 12:00 AM Blue-green algae usually flourish in any waters with high nutrient levels and can result in bright green or khaki paintlike scum along the waters edge or even discolour the water brown.

	River Science Issue 02, 'Summer surprise': The Swan River blue-green algal bloom in February 2000 Publish Date: 01-SEP-2000 12:00 PM The cause of the unusual and massive toxic bluegreen algae bloom in the Swan and lower Canning rivers in February 2000, can be largely explained by two unseasonably large rain events that occurred in January 2000.

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