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The PEAT project

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PEAT is an interdisciplinary project aiming to protect peatland ecosystems and address their threats in the Walpole Wilderness Area of southwestern Australia

 Western Australia
Joined October 2023
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We are in the field together with ECU PhD candidate Choki, who is studying vegetation communities in the WWA peatlands. This particular site near Walpole has quite a lot of critically endangered Reedia spathacea amongst typical peat plant species such as Empodisma gracillimum.
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Happy to announce that we got a new logo!
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What a beautiful day in the Walpole Wilderness Area; researchers from ECU, UWA and WNNPA were soaking in the sun today while installing piezometers at one of our intensive sites.
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What an amazing day in the field despite some rain: We officially started our first vegetation surveys and added temperature sensors and a rain gauge to our IoT sensor network.
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This week we started slicing up our first peat sediment cores from the WWA. We are going to freeze-dry each sample, estimate bulk density, measure pH, EC, organic matter content and particle size. The preliminary data will help us to fine-tune the methods for our master cores!
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1/5 We are currently looking for a @BiolSci_UWA Honours or Master student interested in doing a research project with us in "Automatic acoustic monitoring of endangered sunset frogs". More information below! (🧵)
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2/5 The sunset frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea), listed as endangered by the IUCN, is restricted to a small area of peatlands in southwest Western Australia. One of the primary challenges for studying and conserving this species is its detection.
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Can you spot the peat bog in this orthomosaic? It can be tricky at times, but even with basic consumer drones, it's possible to generate simple digital surface models that can help.
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Yesterday we went out and did a couple of test flights with our new Quantum-Systems Trinity Pro #UAV. We are very excited to do our own ultrahigh-resolution #LIDAR acquisitions in the WWA peatlands next year! – at Perth, Western Australia
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Today we were out in the peatlands looking at the stunning Albany Pitcher plants.
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Good morning from Walpole! 👀
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1/11 (🧵) We have 8 exciting opportunities to join the PEAT project as a PhD student, based either at @BiolSci_UWA or at @CPPP_ECU. If your background is botany, entomology, soil science, genetics, AI, cultural studies, geochemistry or hydrology, then we have a niche for you!
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2/11 Please browse below and share! Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! @FindAPhD @walpolewilderness @Science_DBCA
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Meet the peat: particle.scitech.org.au/eart…
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The PEAT project: ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles…
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