The Gippsland Lakes Ecosystem

1. (a) the water in the lakes is becoming increasingly saline because lake victoria was opened to the sea in the 1890's.

(b) the temperature of the water is increasing because the soil from vegitation is making the lake smaller this increases the lakes temperature.

(c) there is very little water entering the lake because the thompson dam mainly supplies melbourne with water instead of the lake

(d) there has been an increase in algal blooms because the lake has had increase in phosphates and temperature in recent years.

(e) the creeks have silted up because of the soil run off from vegitation.