Expert Connections: Platypus monitoring in Melbourne
Channel: Melbourne Water
Date: 22/03/2023

Recorded January 19, 2023

Josh Griffiths is a senior wildlife ecologist for CESAR/EnviroDNA, and has an extensive professional background in platypus biology and ecology. In this video, Josh discusses how his team have been monitoring platypus, and some of the key findings of their research, including:
- The results of the Great Australian Platypus Search 
- Melbourne Water's Urban Platypus Monitoring Program
- Community eDNA monitoring program

This is a great chance to see how data collected by Melbourne's dedicated citizen scientists and volunteers has been put to work.

Expert Connections is a series of online seminars connecting industry professionals with the volunteers, community groups and other practitioners that are working together to protect our waterways. Visit melbournewater.com.au/expertconnections to register for upcoming live webinars and view other recorded sessions and resources from the Waterwatch team.

melbournewater.com.au/waterwatch
www.envirodna.com 
cesaraustralia.com