Table of Contents

Part 1 Understanding the Murray, Norman Mackay. Part 2 River form and flow: the river, David Eastburn; ancient river, young nation, Ian Rutherfurd; river regulation, Trevor Jacobs; the impact of man on the natural flow regime, Andrew Close. Part 3 Groundwater and salinity: geology and groundwater, Ray Evans, et al; the last 500,000 years, Jim Bowler; the salinity problem, Phil Macumber; river salinity, Andrew Close. Part 4 The river environment: water quality, Martin Shafron, et al; wetlands, Bob Pressey; billabongs, Paul Boon, et al; the Murray mouth and Coorong, Michael Geddes and David Hall; floodplain vegetation, Peter Smith and Judy Smith; red gum forests, Leon Bren; watering the Millewa forest, Joe Murphy. Part 5 River life: phytoplankton, Cathy Sullivan; waterplants, Geoffrey Sainty and Surrey Jacobs; zooplankton, Russell Shiel; macroinvertebrates, Garry Bennison and Philip Suter; crayfish, Michael Geddes; mussels, Keith Walker; fish, Phil Cadwallader and Brian Lawrence; waterbirds, Sue Briggs.