Zooplankton propagules from sediment of various
wetlands across Australia have also been used
to study the response of zooplankton to different
salinity regimes (Skinner et al. 2001; Nielsen et al.
2007; 2008). Even though much work has been done
on the impact of increasing salinity on Australian
freshwater ecosystems, the area of study only covers
a small number of wetlands. Thus, the study to
broaden the area of study is needed. Wetlands of the
Upper South East (USE) region of South Australia
is one of the areas where salinity is an increasing
problem. Due to the importance of the wetlands
of the USE region of South Australia, the result of
the study will be useful for the Upper South East
Dry Salinity & Flood Management Program. In this
study, the emergence of zooplankton egg banks and
how species diversity responds to induced elevated
salinity is assessed for three wetlands sediments of
the USE region. The main focus was to determine
whether species richness and abundance, emerging
from wetlands sediment propagules, are affected by
increasing salinity.