Wetlands in a dry land : understanding for management / W.D. Williams (editor)
- Bib ID:
- 396477
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Canberra : Environment Australia, [1998]
- xii, 334 p : ill. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 064221412X (paperback)
- Summary:
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This workshop was convened as part of the activities of the National Welands Research and Development (R&D) Program both to inform and be informed by all those interested in and concerned about the management of Australia's wetlands. Contributers have provided statements of their views of the major issues, concerns and constaints in wetland management and supportive research and development within their area of interest and expertise. Papers also give details of ongoing wetland management investigations, practical applications, or neglected types of wetlands.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Opening address / Senator Ian MacDonald
- General issues
- 2. The management of Australia's wetlands / W.D. Williams
- 3. National Wetlands R & D Program: LWRRDC (Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation) Scoping Review / S.E. Bunn and N. Schofield
- 4. Australian wetland policies, research and management / A. Jensen
- 5. Wetland research, development and extension: the Murray-Darling Basin context / P. Terrill
- 6. Billabongs: management issues for floodplain wetlands / T.J. Hillman
- 7. Issues in wetland management / P. Adam
- 8. Wetland R&D requirements in Western Australia / S.A. Halse
- 9. Issues for Western Australian wetlands / J. Payne
- 10. Managing wetlands on private land in the Lake Eyre Basin / R.B. Morrish
- 11. Wetland management in arid Australia. The Lake Eyre Basin as example / J.T. Puckridge
- 12. Issues in the management of estuarine wetlands: north eastern Australia / G.P. Lukas and C.M. Ludescher
- Water regime
- 13. Management of wetlands for waterbirds / R.T. Kingsford - 14. Spatial and temporal variation in inundation of wetlands in the Paroo catchment of the Murray-Darling / B.V. Timms
- 15. Understanding plant germination, establishment and reproduction for wetland revegetation / M.A. Brock
- 16. Flood regimes and invertebrate communities in floodplain wetlands / A.J. Boulton and K.M. Jenkins
- 17. The effects of drying and reflooding on nutrient release from wetland sediments / A. McComb and Song Qui
- Habitat modification
- 18. Melaleuca wetlands: wastelands or wonderlands: their benefits, threats and management / M. Greenway
- 19. Creation of lagoons or wetlands in a tropical agricultural setting / R. Digman
- 20. Management issues associated with constructed wetlands in urban areas of Australia / W.D. Williams, I. Pettman, P. Manning and I. Falconer
- 21. The role of constructed wetlands for ecologically sustainable development in urban water management / P. Manning
- 22. The effect of livestock on wetlands / A.I. Robertson
- Pollutants
- 23. Floodplain wetlands: transient storage areas of sediment and pollutants / M.C. Thoms
- 24. Anthropogenic threats to the viability of wetlands in northern Australia / K. T. Boland
- 25. Implications of nutrient enrichment for management of primary productivity in wetlands / P.I. Boon and P.C.E. Bailey
- Weeds and feral animals
- 26. Weed management in tropical wetlands of the Northern Territory, Australia / M. Douglas, C.M. Finlayson and M.J. Storrs
- 27. Carp: sifting through the issues / J. Roberts
- 28. Common carp in natural wetlands: impacts and management / F. Rechnagel, F. Marsh, S. Matthews and N. Schiller
- Monitoring
- 29. Monitoring wetlands in northern Australia using RADARSAT / A.K. Milne
- 30. Can AusRivAS be adopted for monitoring and assessing Australian wetlands? / J. Davis
- Wetland variation
- 31. Valuing wetlands / J. Bennett
- 32. Australian wetlands: community experiences and perceptions / L. Boully
- 33. Local communities and wetland management in the Australian wet-dry tropics / M. Finlayson, L. Thurtell, M. Storrs, R. Applegate, P. Barrow and P. Wellings
- Information technology transfer
- 34. Issues in the transfer of R&D outcomes to wetland management / P. Cullen
- 35. Bridging the gap: scientists, managers and community groups working together to improve a wetland / R. Lyall and W. Wright
- Workshop participants
- Acronyms.
- Notes:
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- "Workshop proceedings, Albury, New South Wales. 29-30 September 1997"--cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available online via the World Wide Web.
- Subject:
- Wetland conservation -- Australia -- Congresses
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- Environment Australia and Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation 1998.
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