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Algal Problems Of The Estuary, E. P. Hodgkin, P. B. Birch
Algal Problems Of The Estuary, E. P. Hodgkin, P. B. Birch
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The Peel-Harvey esturine system study began in 1976 because people living near Peel Inlet complained about the accumulation of water weeds and algae on the shores and the smell of hydrogen sulphide (rotton egg gas) that resulted from their decomposition. From 1974 efforts had been made to control this 'algal problem' by raking up the weed with tractors and carting it away. This 'cosmetic activity had little impact on the problem.
The immediate cause was obvious: a carpet of green algae covering about 20square kilometres of the bottom of Peel Inlet. From time to time this 'goat weed' floated to …