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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:08:21 +0930
From: Max Finlayson <maxf at eriss.erin.gov.au>
To: "'asl at pellew.ntu.edu.au'" <asl at pellew.ntu.edu.au>,
"'ESA at dwe.csiro.au'" <ESA at dwe.csiro.au>,
"'ramsar-forum at indaba.iucn.org'" <ramsar-forum at indaba.iucn.org>
Subject: Reasons for the Loss and Degradation of Australian Wetlands
A special issue (Volume 7, Nos 1-2) of the journal Wetlands Ecology &
Management contains 8 papers on 'Reasons for the Loss and Degradation of
Australian Wetlands'.
A series of case studies and assessments were used to outline the major
ecological and non-ecological reasons for wetland loss and degradation. Many
of the reasons and lessons are applicable to wetlands elsewhere in the
world.
Copies of the journal issue can be obtained through your normal library
services or from the publishers - Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, PO Box
322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands (web site http://www.wkap.nl).
Reprint requests can also be sent to the individual authors. See further
details in abstracting services such as Biological Abstracts, Chemical
Abstracts, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, .........
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The individual papers are -
- Reasons for the loss and degradation of Australian wetlands - Finlayson $
Rea (pp 1-11)
- Loss and degradation of wetlands in southwestern Australia: underlying
causes, consequences and solutions - Davis & Froend (pp 13-23)
- Managing the water of the Borders Rivers in Australia: irrigation,
Government and the wetland environment - Kingsford (pp 25-35)
- Drain it, dam it: alteration of water regime in shallow wetlands on the
New England tableland of New South Wales, Australia - Brock, Smith & Jarman
(pp 37-46)
- Weed invasions in wetlands of Australia's Top End: reasons and solutions -
Rea & Storrs (pp 47-62)
- Predicted climate change, sea-level rise and wetland management in the
Australian wet-dry tropics - Eliot, Finlayson & Waterman (pp 63-81)
- Coastal and marine wetlands in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia:
understanding their loss and degradation - Edyvane (83-104)
- Australian wetlands: the monitoring challenge - Finlayson & Mitchell (pp
105-112)
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Max Finlayson
Branch Head, Wetland Ecology & Conservation
Supervising Scientist Group
ERISS, Locked Bag 2
Jabiru, NT 0886, Australia
work tel 61-(0)8-89799756
work fax 61-(0)8-89792149
mobile 61-(0)418-835239
home tel 61-(0)8-89792957
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