Wetland Habitats

A Practical Guide to Restoration and Management

Nick Romanowski

• Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780643096462
• eBook ISBN: 9780643101968
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Wetland Habitats is a practical and easy to use manual for wetland restoration and conservation of diverse animal species. Covering all the recent work in this field, among other significant issues it discusses making the most of dams and created wetlands; reversing the effects of drainage, grazing, weirs, deteriorating water quality, and associated algal problems; captive breeding and reintroduction; and controlling weeds and vermin.

The book describes a range of potential problems encountered during restoration efforts and approaches to dealing with them, so that readers will be able to make informed decisions about wetlands on their own properties. It also explains how to set realistic targets for wetland restoration as well as longer-term goals for management, and includes colour photographs of diverse wetland habitats and the animals that rely on them.

The examples draw on a wide range of wetland animals including some which aren't often found in wetlands on private properties, but the primary emphasis is on the ecology, interactions and management of species and other aspects of management that will be of most use to landholders with wetlands in need of rejuvenation.

Index

aboriginal effects on habitat 11, 19

acidity in cleared mangrove soils 35, plate 17

agricultural wastes 35–6

algae 88–9, 92

blooms 36, 88, 91

see also plankton

Allanaspides 11

allelopathy see plants – chemical effects on other plants

alligator weed 43

ammonia see nitrogen cycle

amphipods plate 11, 92, 102

animals

adaptations to ephemeral wetlands 20

definition 95

perception of habitat 6–7

aquaculture 38, 57–8, 91

aquarium trade 52–3, 128

aquatic snails 89, 92, 96, 109

aquatic worms 8, plate 31, 68, 109–10

archerfish plate 15, 75, 122

arrowheads 42, plate 17

arthropods 105, 108–9

definition 97–8

moulting 98

arum lily 47

aufwuchs 88–9

Australian pelican 25, plate 8, 124, 141, 144

backswimmers 8, plate 30, 107–8

backwater see billabong

bacteria

and nitrogen cycle 91

as food 14, 100, 106

banded grunter 75

banjo frogs plate 24, 133–4

barley straw and algae 88

Barmah Forest 90

barnyard grass 42

barred frogs 133

Barwon River 16, 19, 24

basses, freshwater see freshwater basses and cods

billabongs 13, plate 9, plate 14, plate 32

biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) 24, plate 31, 68

bitterns 145

black bristlerush plate 3

black duck see Pacific black duck

black snake 138

black swan 18, 21, plate 28, 90, 141, 142–3

black-banded rainbowf...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• What this book is about
• Part A Habitats
• Part B Invaders
• Colour Plates
• Part C Repair
• Part D Plants and animals
• Glossary
• Recommended reading
• Index of common and scientific names
• Index