An ecological basis for water resource management / W.D. Williams, editor.
Contributor(s): Williams, W. D. (Williams David).
Material type: BookPublisher: Canberra ; Trumbull, Conn. : Australian National University Press, 1980Description: xvii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0708119468 (pbk.); 9780708119464 (pbk.).Subject(s): WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT | WATER RESOURCES | WATER MANAGEMENT | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT | FRESHWATER ECOLOGY | AQUATIC FAUNA | AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT | BENTHOS | INLAND WATERS | MAN-MADE LAKES | WATER SUPPLY | WATER USES | AUSTRALIAHoldings: GRETA POINT: 556.18(94) ECOItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- About the authors -- 1. Introduction / W.D. Williams -- I. THE NATURE OF THE RESOURCE -- 2. Distinctive features of Australian water resources / W.D. Williams -- 3. Chemistry of Australian waters: the basic pattern with comments on some ecological implications / R.T. Buckney -- 4. The benthos of Australian Lakes / B.V. Timms -- II. MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS -- 5. Limnological problems in the management of Tasmanian water resources / P.A. Tyler -- 6. Ecological considerations in the management of reservoir phytoplankton / G.G. Ganf -- 7. Algal problems in water supplies / I.C. Smalls -- 8. Aquatic weeds / D.S. Mitchell -- 9. Managing urban lakes / P. Cullen and R.S. Rosich -- 10. Catchment management / W.D. Williams -- III. WATER USAGE -- 11. Australian water quality criteria / B.T. Hart -- 12. Public health aspects of water usage / J.R.L. Forsyth -- 13. Medically important diseases with aquatic vectors and hosts / T. Petr -- 14. Wastewater as a resource / A.G. Strom -- 15. Water as a waste transport and treatment mechanism: an ecological evaluation / W.D. Williams -- IV. THE IMPACT OF MAN ON INLAND WATERS -- 16. Conservation / P.S. Lake -- 17. Environmental impact of reservoir construction: the Dartmouth Dam invertebrate survey: a case history / J.D. Blyth -- 18. The downstream influence of Lake Hume on the Rive Murray / K.F. Walker -- 19. Biological monitoring / W.D. Williams -- 20. Environmental surveys / B.T. Hart -- V. AQUATIC FAUNA -- 21. Aquaculture / N.M. Morrissy -- 22. Management of freshwater fish and fisheries / D.A. Pollard, L.C. Llewellyn and R.D.J. Tilzey -- 23. Introduced fish / R.D.J. Tilzey -- 24. Introduced amphibians: the cane toad / M.J. Tyler -- 25. Waterfowl resources and their management / L.W. Braithwaite -- 26. Ostracoda and water resources: diagnosis and prognosis / K.G. McKenzie -- VI. MAN-MADE LAKES -- 27. Lake Hume / R.L. Croome -- 28. North Pine Dam / C.R. King and R.G. Everson -- 29. Lake Burley Griffin / T.J. Hillman -- 30. Some limnological features of the Sydney water supply systems / L.D. Bowen and I.C. Smalls -- 31. Limnological features of some Victorian reservoirs / I.J. Powling -- VII. SOME SPECIAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS -- 32. Farm dams / B.V. Timms -- 33. Waste stabilisation ponds / B.D. Mitchell -- 34. Billabongs of the Murray-Darling system / R.J. Shiel -- 35. Estuaries and coastal lakes / I.A.E. Bayly -- Index.
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