Another Australian university has announced upcoming cuts - this time possibly axing the marine biologists who have been helping with the algal bloom breakout in South Australia.

Flinders University in Adelaide is the latest tertiary institute to announce possible job losses and the restructuring of one or more of its schools - and in the firing line could be six internationally acclaimed marine scientists.

Flinders University College of Science and Engineering Associate Professor of Oceanography Jochen Kaempf told The Senior he finds the possibility of losing his job "absolutely confusing" because he is one of only a few people in Australia who understand the algal bloom South Australia has been battling.

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