Download or read book Assessing the Ecological Health of Estuaries in the Southwest of Australia written by David M. Deeley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Indicators of Ecological Health for Estuaries in Southwest Australia written by David M. Deeley and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Ecological Health of Estuaries in Australia written by David M. Deeley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Ecological Health of Estuaries in Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Indicators of Ecological Health for Estuaries in Southwest written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Where River Meets Sea written by Lynne Turner and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estuaries are dynamic coastal waterways where salt and fresh water mix. Where River Meets Sea describes the value and status of Australia's 974 estuaries and takes readers on a state-by-state tour describing the health, geography, science, management and ecological functions of these unique coastal waterways. It includes profiles of people and their relationships with estuaries. The book's many photographs, maps, case studies and diagrams will help Australians to better understand, appreciate and wisely use these natural areas. Chapters on natural history, coastal science and management give an understanding of our vast network of pristine and heavily modified estuaries – from isolated tide-dominated estuaries in Australia's tropical north to those shaped by waves in southern, temperate waters. Other chapters show how people use and value coastal catchments and waterways, the impacts of human development on natural ecosystems, and how estuaries can be better managed in future. Where River Meets Sea aims to provide Australians with a deeper appreciation of our coastal waterways that are both vital for our economy and precious to our quality of life. This is a re-issued version of the original work published by the CRC for Coastal Zone Estuary and Waterway Management in 2004,
Download or read book An Index to Ecological Information on Estuaries and Marine Embayments in Western Australia written by Ernest Pease Hodgkin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Estuary Environmental Flows Assessment Methodology for Victoria written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spatial Ecological Economic Analysis for Wetland Management written by Jeroen C. J. M. Bergh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wetlands are very sensitive and valuable ecosystems that are subject to much stress from human activities. The study presented here has developed an innovative triple layer framework for analysis of wetland management. This approach provides support for spatial matching between physical planning, hydrological and ecological processes, and economic activities. The authors describe how integrated modelling at the regional scale can be achieved in practice. Following an introduction to wetlands, theoretical aspects of the contributing disciplines are discussed, as well as various aspects of integrated and spatial modelling. An applied integrated assessment of spatial wetland management for the Vecht area between Amsterdam and Utrecht is then presented. This assessment has resulted in a set of linked hydrological, ecological and economic models, formulated at the level of grids and polders, and various types of evaluations and rankings of scenarios. The results indicate the value of maintaining spatial detail for as long as possible.
Download or read book Water Requirements for Estuaries written by Paul Graeme Close and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Truncated abstract] Estuaries and Intermittently Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons (ICOLLs) are ecologically important ecosystems that link catchment and oceanic processes through their role in biological production, sediment transport, and biogeochemical processing. They are influenced by both freshwater and marine exchanges, and depending on the nature of these, display a variety of physiographic forms and associated biophysical functions. Because they "accumulate" the effects of upstream disturbances, estuaries and coastal lagoons are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic influence. Alteration to freshwater flow regimes represents one critically important, contemporary disturbance influencing the health and sustainability of estuarine ecosystems. Although relationships between streamflow and ecology are relatively well studied in freshwater reaches, those issues in estuaries remain poorly understood. River regulation in south-western Australia represents a major environmental management concern. Consequently, estuaries and ICOLLs on the south coast of Western Australia are currently the focus of regional environmental flow assessment. They represent a variety of estuarine geomorphologies, including permanently open estuaries, ICOLLs and normally closed lagoons, reflecting spatially variable rainfall, runoff and oceanic exchange. Consequently, while there is substantial knowledge on some estuaries and larger ICOLLs, transferability of this knowledge among south coast estuaries is problematic. This is especially true for small transitional ICOLLs on the central south coast where significant knowledge gaps have restricted environmental flow assessment. ... Iterative feedback mechanisms, undertaken in a Bayesian framework, allow for a-priori understanding and hypotheses to be refined and updated. The approach allows for the inclusion of various data sources, including expert judgment. Key steps in the framework include examination of the links between multiple ecosystem assets, description of the current and desired future states of those resources, investigation of existing and/or potential alteration to the natural dynamics of freshwater inputs and the establishment of clearly-stated and measurable objectives for environmental flow management. The research outcomes described here represent substantial advances, not only to the understanding of the ecology of small, transitional ICOLLs (and more broadly ICOLLs in general), but also to the development of key hydro-ecology links in estuarine ecosystems. The results illustrate that although there are broad similarities with other larger temperate ICOLLs, smaller transitional ICOLLs located on the central south coast of Western Australia are strongly influenced by distinctive dynamics in freshwater and oceanic exchange. Larval fish assemblages demonstrated that these distinctive environmental conditions are likely to influence generally more depauperate biodiversities compared with those of larger ICOLLs. The relationships between freshwater inflows, hydrodynamics, oceanic connection and larval fish dynamics detailed here addresses previously identified knowledge gaps that restricted the determination of water requirements of priority estuaries of Western Australias south coast. As such, the research outcomes facilitate prediction of important ecological responses in small transitional ICOLLs of Western Australia to alteration in freshwater inflows.
Download or read book Ernest Hodgkin s Swanland written by Anne Brearley and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesis of the results of may years of research on Estuarine environments form the Murchison to Esperance, Western Australia.
Download or read book Small Cetacean Conservation Current Challenges and Opportunities written by Randall William Davis and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wetlands for the Future written by Arthur J. McComb and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coasts and Estuaries written by Eric Wolanski and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coasts and Estuaries: The Future provides valuable information on how we can protect and maintain natural ecological structures while also allowing estuaries to deliver services that produce societal goods and benefits. These issues are addressed through chapters detailing case studies from estuaries and coastal waters worldwide, presenting a full range of natural variability and human pressures. Following this, a series of chapters written by scientific leaders worldwide synthesizes the problems and offers solutions for specific issues graded within the framework of the socio-economic-environmental mosaic. These include fisheries, climate change, coastal megacities, evolving human-nature interactions, remediation measures, and integrated coastal management. The problems faced by half of the world living near coasts are truly a worldwide challenge as well as an opportunity for scientists to study commonalities and differences and provide solutions. This book is centered around the proposed DAPSI(W)R(M) framework, where drivers of basic human needs requires activities that each produce pressures. The pressures are mechanisms of state change on the natural system and Impacts on societal welfare (including well-being). These problems then require responses, which are the solutions relating to governance, socio-economic and cultural measures (Scharin et al 2016). Covers estuaries and coastal seas worldwide, integrating their commonality, differences and solutions for sustainability Includes global case studies from leading worldwide contributors, with accompanying boxes highlighting a synopsis about a particular estuary and coastal sea, making all information easy to find Presents full color images to aid the reader in a better understanding of details of each case study Provides a multi-disciplinary approach, linking biology, physics, climate and social sciences
Download or read book Estuarine Biogeochemical Dynamics of the East Coast of India written by Sourav Das and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent research on estuaries of the east coast of India, and how changing biogeochemical dynamics as a result of climate change and human activity have impacted estuaries and other open water ecosystems. Though estuaries only cover a very small portion of the earth’s hydrosphere, they are some of the most biogeochemically active regions among the global water bodies. As such, this book focuses on estuaries of the east coast of India going all the way to the Bay of Bengal, which is the world's largest freshwater input from perennial rivers and rain-fed estuaries, and is therefore a unique area of study. Through its unique coverage of the Bay of Bengal in particular, the book presents a new perspective not present in the literature on estuary biogeochemistry and ecosystem dynamics. Moreover, the book addresses SDG 13 (Climate Action) and 14 (Life below Water), with a focus on ecosystem services of the natural aquatic system.The book will be useful to researchers, policy makers, coastal managers and marine sustainability scientists and organizations.
Download or read book Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond written by Eric Wolanski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book addresses the questions: Is Australia’s rapidly growing human population and economy environmentally sustainable for its estuaries and coasts? What is needed to enable sustainable development? To answer these questions, this book reports detailed studies of 20 iconic Australian estuaries and bays by leading Australian estuarine scientists. That knowledge is synthesised in time and space across Australia to suggest what Australian estuaries will look like in 2050 and beyond based on socio-economic decisions that are made now, and changes that are needed to ensure sustainability. The book also has a Prologue by Mr Malcolm Fraser, former Prime Minister of Australia, which bridges environmental science, population policy and sustainability.
Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Australia 2007 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OECD's periodical review of Australia's environmental policies and programmes. This edition reviews progress since the last review in 1998 and in relation to the 2001 OECD Environmental Strategy.
