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Waterbirds' foraging ecology in the Vasse-Wonnerup Ramsar wetland

Project Outline

The Vasse-Wonnerup is a coastal wetland containing two estuaries, the Vasse and the Wonnerup rivers estuaries and their connecting channels. This wetland has been heavily modified, but despite this, it hosts tens of thousands of waterbirds each year and was recognised as a “Wetland of International Importance” under the Ramsar Convention in 1990. Several studies have been carried out in the system, with the final objective to improve its management. However, there is still a substantial lack in the knowledge of the trophic ecology and diet of the wetland’s waterbirds. The information obtain from this project will assist to understand waterbirds distribution and use of the wetland as well as inform future management.

Project Area: Coastal Ecology

Research Centre: Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research (CMER)

Supervisor(s): Sora M. Estrella, Glenn Hyndes & Chandra Salgado Kent

Project level: Masters

Funding: In-kind from DBCA, plus other potential funding from DWER and SWCC

Start date: Any

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