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References and Further Reading

Acil Australia Pty Ltd (1987). Instream Uses in New South Wales. Prepared for the NSW Department of Water Resources. Acil Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne.

Adam, P. (1992). Wetlands and wetland boundaries: Problems, expectations, perceptions and reality. Wetlands 11(2), 60-67.

Anderson, D. G. (1989). Coastal Wetlands: Conservation or Development?: An Assessment of State Environmental Planning Policy No. 14 - Coastal Wetlands. Thesis, Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Planning), Charles Sturt University, School of Applied Science, Mitchell.

Ardill, S. (1992). Wetlands on Your Farm. Riverwise: Advisory Notes for Rural Landholders from the Department of Water Resources. Department of Water Resources, Environmental Studies Unit, Parramatta.

Australian Bureau of Rural Resources (1991). Rapid Techniques for Addressing Wetland Vegetation and Water Regime. Working Paper No. WP/12/91. Australian Bureau of Rural Resources, Canberra.

Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation Service, Land Conservation Group, and Australian Soil Conservation Council (1989). Soil Management in Sensitive Natural Areas: A Bibliography. Land Conservation Group, Canberra.

Australian Nature Conservation Agency (1993). A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.

Australian Nature Conservation Agency (1996) A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia. Second Edition. ANCA, Canberra.

Australian Water and Wastewater Association (1994). Proceedings, Environmental Flows Seminar, Canberra, 25th-26th August, 1994. Australian Water and Wastewater Association, Antarmon, New South Wales.

Australian Water Resources Council (1988). Instream Use of Australia's Water Resources. AWRC Standing Committee Submission to Ministers. Australian Water Resources Council Water Management Series No. 11. Australian Water Resources Council, Canberra.

Bales, M. and Smalls, I. (1993). Central and North Western Regions Water Quality Program. 1991/92 Biomonitoring. Provisional connections between land-use, irrigation and other environmental factors and the in-stream macroinvertebrate biota. Prepared for the Review Board. Department of Water Resources, Environmental Studies Unit, Parramatta.

Balla, S. A. and Devis, J. A. (1992). Managing Wetlands to Conserve Aquatic Invertebrates. Report to the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, Water Authority of Western Australia and the Western Australian Environment Protection Authority.

Bennett, M. (1991). Report on Wetland Assessment Training Workshop: Sri Lanka, September, 1991. Department of Water Resources, Environmental Studies Unit, Parramatta.

Bennett, M. (1994). Wetlands: Report on Community Workshops. Department of Water Resources, Water Policy Division, Parramatta.

Bergstrom, J. C., Stoll, J. R., Titre, J. P. and Wright, V. L. (1990). Economic value of wetlands based recreation. Ecological Economics 2, 129-147.

Billyard, R. (1993). Fishcare - our freshwater wetlands. Fishnote. NSW Fisheries.

Blamey, R. (1992). Economics and the Evaluation of Coastal Wetlands. Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.

Boulton, A. J. and Brock, M. A (1999). Australian Freshwater Ecology: Processes and Management. Gleneagles Publishing Adelaide.

Bowen, R., Stephens, N. & Donnelly, P. (1995). SEPP 14 - wetland protection and the role of mitigation. Wetlands (Australia), 14: 6 - 12.

Bowmer, K. H. (1993). Wetlands in Urban Water Systems: Feasible or Fashionable? CSIRO Division of Water Resources, Canberra.

Bowmer, K. H., Bales, M. and Roberts, J. (1992). The effect of aquatic plants on water quality in irrigation drains: A feasibility study for the MDBC. CSIRO Division of Water Resources, Canberra.

Bowmer, K. H., Bales, M. and Roberts, J. (1994). Potential use of irrigation drains as wetlands. Wat. Sci. Tech. 29(4), 151-158.

Brady, A. (1992). Proposal for Department-wide Wetland Database. Department of Water Resources, Environmental Studies Unit, Parramatta.

Brady, A. and Riding, T. (1996). The Importance of Wetlands in Water Resource Management. Department of Land and Water Conservation, Technical Services Division, Parramatta.

Brady, A., Cartmill, O., Green, D. and Skandan, E. (in prep.). Wetlands GIS Oracle Database Scientific Users Manual. Department of Land and Water Conservation, Technical Services Division, Parramatta.

Breckwoldt, R. (1990). Wetland Management for Farmers and Other Landholders. Total Environment Centre, Sydney.

Breckwoldt, R. (1992). Discovering New South Wales Wetlands. Guidebook. Total Environment Centre, Sydney.

Briggs, S. (1988). Research on Wetlands and Waterbirds in Western New South Wales. Reprint: National Parks Journal 32, 18-21.

Briggs, S. V. (1994). Ecological Management of Lakebed Cropping. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra.

Briggs, S. V., Hodgson, P. F. and Ewin, P. (1994). Changes in populations of waterbirds on a wetland following water storage. Wetlands (Australia) 13(2), 36-48.

Brock, Margaret. A (1997) Are there seeds in your wetland? Assessing wetland vegetation. LWRRDC and UNE.

Brock, Margaret. A (2000) How do water regime and grazing alter the reproductive capacity of aquatic plants?. LWRRDC, UNE, DLWC & EA.

Brock, M. A. and Casanova, M. T. (1997). "Plant life at the edges of wetlands: ecological responses to wetting and drying patterns". In Frontiers in ecology: Building the Links. Eds N. Klomp and I. Lunt, Elsevier Science, Oxford.

Brock, M. A. (1998). "Understanding plant germination, establishment and reproduction for wetland revegetation". Pp 131 - 137 In Wetlands in a Dry Land: Understanding and Management. Eds W.D. Williams, Environment Australia..

Brock, M. A. (1998). "Are temporary wetlands resilient? Evidence from seed banks of Australian and South African wetlands". Pp 193 - 206 In McComb A.J. and Davis, J.A. (Eds) Wetlands for the Future. Gleneagles Press, Adelaide, Australia.

Brock, M. A. (1998). "Are aquatic plant seed banks resilient to water regime alteration? Implications for the Paroo River System. Pp 1129 - 138 In Kingsford, R.T. (Ed) Free Flowing River: the ecology of the Paroo River. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.

Brock, M. A., Smith, R.G.B. and Jarman, P.J. (1999). Drain it, dam it: alteration of water regime in shallow wetlands on the New England Tableland of NSW. Wetlands Ecology and Management 7: 37-46.

Brock, Margaret. A and Casanova, Michelle. T. (2000) Are there plants in your wetland? Revegetating wetlands. LWRRDC, UNE, DLWC & EA.

Brock, Margaret. A., Casanova, Michelle. T. and Berridge, Sally, M. (2000) Does your wetland flood and dry? Water regime and wetland plants. LWRRDC, UNE, DLWC & EA.

Brock, M.A. and Jarman, P.J. (In press). Wetland use and conservation the agricultural environment: Management of processes rather than components. In Nature Conservation in Production Environments. Eds J. Craig and D. Saunders.

Broderick, S. J., Cullen, P. and Mahar, W. (1987). Denitrification in a natural wetland receiving secondary treated effluent. Water Resources 24(4), 431-438.

Casanova, M.T. and Brock, M.A. (2000). How do depth, duration and frequency of flooding influence the establishment of wetland plant communities? Plant Ecology 147: 237 - 250.

Cooper, B., Graice, J. and Kimber, J. (1994). Central and North West Regions Water Quality Program. 1993/94 Report on Trace Metals Monitoring. Department of Water Resources, Water Quality Unit, Parramatta.

Cowling, S. (1989). Wetlands Wildlife: The Nature of Wetlands in Southern Australia. Gould League of Victoria and Victorian Wetland Trust, Prahran, Melbourne.

Craven, P. (1993). Lakebed Opportunity Cropping in the Western Division. An Issues and Draft Policy Paper. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Burunga.

Crome, F. H. J. (1988). To drain or not to drain? Intermittent swamp drainage and water bird breeding. Emu 88, 243-248.

Cross, H. C., Wettin, P. D. and Keenan, F. M. (1989). Corridors for Wetland Conservation and Management - Room for Conjecture? Reprint: Nature Conservation - The Role of Corridors Conference, Busselton, Western Australia, 11th-15th September, 1989

Crossle, K. and Brock, M.A. (in prep). Water regime, propagule type and plant species richness: the importance of dry times for wetlands.

Daly, H. (1994). Central and North West Regions Water Quality Program. 1993/94 Report on Nutrients and General Water Quality Monitoring. Department of Water Resources, Water Quality Unit, Parramatta.

Department of Agriculture (1985). An Estuarine Inventory for New South Wales, Australia. Fisheries Bulletin 2. Department of Agriculture Division of Fisheries, Sydney.

Department of Conservation and Environment (1986). Draft Guidelines for Wetland Conservation in the Perth Metropolitan Area. Department of Conservation and Environment, Perth.

Department of Conservation Forests and Lands, Water Victoria and Ministry for Planning and Environment (1988). Wetlands Conservation Program for Victoria. Department of Conservation Forests and Lands, Water Victoria and Ministry for Planning and Environment, Melbourne.

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (1992). Wetland Hydrology Workshop, Tatura. 6-8 May, 1992. Summary of Sessions and Workshop Groups. Wetlands Conservation Report Series No. 3. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Melbourne.

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (1993). Draft Technical Paper. Livestock Grazing in Wetlands. Implications for Management. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wetlands Unit, Melbourne.

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (in prep.). Fire and Wetlands. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Melbourne.

Department of Foreign Affairs (1976). Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 2 Feb, 1971. Entry into force: 21 December, 1975. Treaty Series No. 48. Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra. (DWR)

Department of Land and Water Conservation (1996). The NSW Wetlands Management Policy. NSW Government, Sydney.

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Department of Land and Water Conservation (1997). Water Reform - the Need for Change. Guide for water users, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney

Department of Primary Industries and Energy and Australian Water Resources Council (1989). Proceedings of the Specialist Workshop on Instream Needs and Water Uses. Sydney, 29-30 October 1986. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Department of Water Resources (Victoria) (1989). Guidelines for Incorporation of Environmental Water Requirements in Planning New Water Projects. Water Resources Management Report Series - Report No. 48. Department of Water Resources, Victoria.

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Diez, S. (ed.) (1990). Wetlands: Their Ecology, Function, Restoration and Management. Proceedings of the Applied Ecology and Conservation Seminar Series, Wildlife Reserves, Latrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, October-December 1989.

Donohue, R. and Phillips, B. (eds) (1991). Educating and Managing for Wetlands Conservation. Proceedings of Wetlands Conservation and Management Workshop, University of Newcastle and Shortland Wetlands Centre, 11-15 February, 1991. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra.

Environmental Defender's Office (1994). Inland Rivers: Regulatory Strategies for Ecologically Sustainable Management, a One Day Conference for Administrators, Industry, Environmentalists, the Community, Lawyers and Academics, Tuesday 8th November, 1994, University of Sydney. Environmental Defender's Office, Sydney.

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Foster, D. (1992). A Tourism and Recreation Strategy for the Western Wetlands Region of Melbourne. Prepared by the Department of Leisure Studies at Phillip Institute of Technology for the Department of Conservation and Environment, Melbourne. (NSWA)

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