References to research on Roebuck Bay and interconnecting coastal waters have been provided, with robust research critical for the management and protection of Roebuck Bay. Additional resources will be added as they become available…
Ongoing *
ABORIGINAL
Lands, M. and Mann, M. (1990). Yawuru Seasons Kit. Unpublished Resource Manual for Aboriginal Studies Curriculum, Nulungu College, Broome, 1-169.
Morrison, M. (2003). Old boundaries and new horizons: the Weipa shell mounds reconsidered » Archaeology in Oceania 38: 1-8.
Worms, E. (1944). Aboriginal place names in Kimberley, Western Australia: an etymological and mythological study » Oceania 14 (4), 284-310.
BATS
Churchill, S. (1998). Australian Bats. New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney.
McKenzie, N. and Rolfe, J. (1986). Structure of bat guilds in the Kimberley mangroves, Australia » Journal of Animal Ecology 55, 401-420.
BEACHES
Short, A.D. (2006). Beaches of the Northern Australian Coast: the Kimberley, Northern Territory and Cape York. University of Sydney Press, Sydney, 473 pp.
BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES OF INTERTIDAL FLATS
Compton, T.J. (2008). Bivalve Traits and Distributions to Explore Species Diversity at Tropical and Temperate Tidal Flats. PhD Thesis » University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Compton, T.J., Drent, J., Kentie, R., Pearson, G.B., van der Meer, J. and Piersma, T. (2007a). Overlap in the feeding morphology of bivalves from species-rich and species-poor intertidal flats using gill: palp ratios for comparative analyses of mollusc assemblages » Marine Ecology Progress Series 348: 213-220.
de Goeij P., Lavaleye M., Pearson G.B., Piersma T. (2003). Seasonal Changes in the Macro-zoobenthos of a Tropical Mudflat. Report on MONROEB – MONitoring ROEbuck Bay Benthos, 1996-2001. NIOZ-Report 2003-4, 1-49. (2003) » Texel, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).
de Goeij, P., Lavaleye, M., Pearson, G., Piersma, T. (2008). Seasonal Changes in the Macrozoobenthos of Roebuck Bay: A 10 year study. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Report 2008-9, 57pp
Delany, S. (2003). How many of the world’s wader species are declining, and where are the globally threatened species? Wader Study Group Bulletin 101/102: 13.
Delaney, S. and Scott, D. eds. (2006). Waterbird population estimates, 4th edn. Wetlands International, Wageningen, pp. 239.
George, R. and Jones, D. (1982). A revision of the fiddler crabs of Australia (Ocypodinae: Uca) » Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 14.
Green, A.J. and Figuerola, J. (2005). Recent advances in the study of long-distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds » Diversity and Distributions 11: 149-156.
Honkoop, P.J.C., Pearson, G.B., Lavaleye, M.S.S. and Piersma, T. (2006). Spatial variation of the intertidal sediments and macro-zoobenthic assemblages along Eighty-mile Beach, North-western Australia » Journal of Sea Research 55: 278-291.
Pepping, M., Piersma, T., Pearson, G. and Lavaleye, M. (eds) (1999). Intertidal sediments and benthic animals of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia » Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Report 3, Texel, Netherlands, 1-214.
Piersma, T., Pearson, G., Hickey, B., Lavaleye, M. and Rogers, D. (2002). Southern Roebuck Bay Invertebrate and Bird Mapping 2002: SROEBIM-02. Unpublished preliminary research report prepared for the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth. Piersma, T., Pearson, G. and Lavaleye, M. 1998. The teeming mud of Roebuck Bay. Landscope 13(4), 16-22.
Rogers, D.I. (1999). What determines shorebird feeding distribution in Roebuck Bay? In Pepping, M., Piersma, T., Pearson, G. and Lavaleye, M. (eds), Intertidal Sediments and Benthic Animals of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Report of the Roebuck Bay Intertidal Benthic Mapping Program, June 1997 (ROEBIM-97), pp. 145-174. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel.
Rogers, D.I., Piersma, T., Lavaleye, M., Pearson, G.B. and de Goeij, P. (2004a). Crabbing around at Roebuck Bay. Landscope 19(4): 18-23 »
Rogers, D.I., Pearson, G.B. and Piersma, T. (2000a). ANNABIM 99: Anna Plains Benthic Invertebrate and Bird Mapping 1999. Tattler 22: 3-6.
BOTANY
Marine Botany
Semeniuk, V., Kenneally, K. and Wilson, P. 1978. Mangroves of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalists’ Club, Perth. Handbook No.12, 1-92.
Wells, F.E. and Walker, D.I. (2003). Introduction to the marine environment of Dampier, Western Australia. In Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. and Jones, D.S. (eds), The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia, pp. 1-12.. Western Australian Museum. Perth.
Terrestrial Botany
Kenneally, K., Edinger, D. and Willing, T. (1996). Broome and Beyond: Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia » Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, Western Australia.
Roebuck Bay Working Group (2019) Coastal Gardens A planting guide for Broome on the Dampier Peninsula »
BIOGEOGRAPHIC
Cummings, B. and Hardy, A. (2000). Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report » Environment Australia, Canberra.
Graham, G., (2002). Dampierland 2 (DL2 – Pindanland subregion). In May, J.E. and McKenzie, N.L.(eds), A Biodiversity Audit of Western Australia’s Biogeographical Subregions in 2002, pp. 179-182 » Department of Conservation and Land Management.
BIRDS
Collins, P. (1995). The Birds of Broome – An Annotated List. Broome Bird Observatory »
Johnstone, R. (1990). Mangroves and mangrove birds of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 32, 1-120.
White, G.C. & Burnham, K.P. (1999). Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals. Bird Study 46 » (suppl.): S120-S138.
Shorebirds
Barter, M.A., Du, J.J., Wang, H., Chen, Y.Q., Gao, Z.D., Cheng, H. and Li, C.R. (2002). Shorebird numbers in the Yancheng National Nature Reserve during the 2001 northward migration. Stilt 41: 27-34.
Battley, P. (2000). Behavioural ecophysiology of migrating Great Knots » PhD Thesis prepared for the Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane.
Battley, P.F., Dietz, M.W., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A., Tang, S. and Hulsman. K. (2001). Is long-distance bird flight equivalent to a high-energy fast? Body composition changes in freely migrating and captive fasting great knots » Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74: 435-449.
Battley, P.F., Rogers, D.I., Piersma, T. and Koolhaas, A. (2003). Behavioural evidence for heat-load problems in Great Knots in tropical Australia fuelling for long-distance flight » Emu 103: 97-103.
Battley, P.F., Rogers, D.I. and Piersma, T. (2003). Late migratory departures of red knots (Calidris canutus) from north-west Australia. Notornis 50: 180-181.
Battley, P.F., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A., Rogers, D.I., Spaans, B. and van Gils, J.A. (2004). Do body composition and plumage during fuelling predict northward departure dates of Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) from north-west Australia? Ibis 146: 46-60.
Battley, P.F., Rogers, D.I., van Gils, J.A., Piersma, T., Hassell, C., J., Boyle, A. and Hong-Yan, Y. (2005). How do red knots Calidris canutus leave Northwest Australia in May and reach the breeding grounds in June? Predictions of stopover times, fuelling rates and prey quality in the Yellow Sea » Journal of Avian Biology 36: 494-500.
Bearhop, S., Ward, R.M. and Evans, P.R. (2003). Long-term survival rates in colour-ringed shorebirds – practical considerations in the application of mark-recapture models » Bird Study 50: 271-279.
Collins, P., Boyle, A., Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (2001). The importance of inland claypans for waders in Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW Australia. Stilt 38, 4-8.
Collins, P. and Jessop, R. 1997. Little Terns Sterna albifrons in the West Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Stilt 30, 26-31.
Collins, P. and Jessop, R. (2001). Arrival and departure dates and habitat of Little Curlew Numenius minutus at Broome, North-Western Australia. Stilt 39, 10-12.
Geering, A., Agnew, L. and Harding, S. (2007) Shorebirds of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne, 242 pp.
Gill, R.E.J., Piersma, T., Hufford, G., Servranckx, R. and Riegen, A. (2005). Crossing the ultimate ecological barrier: evidence for an 11 000-km-long nonstop flight from Alaska to New Zealand and eastern Australia by Bar-tailed Godwits » Condor 107: 1-20.
Gosbell, K. and Clemens, R., (2006). Population monitoring in Australia: some insights after 25 years and future » Stilt 50: 162-175.
Green, A.J. and Figuerola, J. (2005). Recent advances in the study of long-distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds. Diversity and Distributions 11: 149-156.
Hassell, C. 2000. Migration Report April (2000). Unpublished Report for Broome International Airport, 1-21.
Jessop, R. and Minton, C. 1995. Sightings of leg-flagged waders banded in NW Australia. Stilt 26, 37-38. Jessop, R. and Minton, C. (1995). Sightings of leg-flagged waders banded at other locations and seen in NW Australia. Stilt 26, 39.
Jessop, R. and Collins, P. (1999). Observations of feeding and roosting behaviour of Little Curlew Numenius minutus overwintering in the North-west of Australia. Stilt 35, 62-63.
Jessop, R. and Collins, P. (2000). The effects of cyclonic weather conditions on the bird life around Broome, Western Australia. Stilt 36, 11-15.
Lane, B. and Jessop, A. (1985). Tracking of migrating waders in north-western Australia using meteorological radar. Stilt 6, 17-28.
McCaffery, B.J, Handel, C.M., Gill, R.E. and Ruthrauff, D.R. (2006). The blind men and the elephant: concerns about the use of juvenile proportion data. Stilt 50:194-204.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (1994). The 1994 Northwest Australia Wader Expedition. Stilt 25, 8-11.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (1995). Sightings of waders leg-flagged in NW Australia – List No. 2. Stilt 27, 33.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (1996). Further sightings of waders leg-flagged (Yellow) in North West Australia; List Number 3 – July 1996. Stilt 29, 51-52.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (1997). Sightings of waders leg-flagged (Yellow) in North-West Australia: List Number 4 – August 1997. Stilt 31, 50-53.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (1999). Sightings of leg-flagged waders from NW Australia: Report Number 5. Stilt 34, 41-45.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (1999). Sightings of waders and terns leg-flagged in North-Western Australia: Report Number 6. Stilt 35, 52-58.
Minton, C. and Jessop, R. (2000). Corrections to sightings of waders leg-flagged in North-Western Australia: Report Number 6. Stilt 36, 39-41.
Minton, C., Jessop, R., and Collins, P. (2003). A summary of the results of the North-west Australian wader and tern expedition from 28 June to 19 July 2003. Stilt.
Minton, C., Jessop, R., Collins, P., Fallaw, J., Hayward, B., Sparrow, J. and Hassell, C. (2000). Visible departures of waders on northward migration from NW Australia. Stilt 37, 51.
Minton, C., Jessop, R. and Hassell, C. (2007). Breeding success of Arctic waders in 2006, based on juvenile rations in Australia in the 2006/2007 austral summer. Stilt 51: 3-6.
Minton, C., Sitters, H., and Jessop, R. (1997). Report on the 1996 North West Australia wader Study Expedition, 2 March – 20 April. Stilt 30, 56-65.
Moores, N. (2006). South Korea’s shorebirds: a review of abundance, distribution, threats and conservation status. Stilt 50: 62-72.
Nebel. S., Porter, J.L. and Kingsford, R.T. (2008). Long-term trends of shorebird populations in eastern Australia and impacts of fresh water extraction. Biological Conservation 141: 971-980.
Pearson, G.B., de Goeij P., Honkoop, P.J.C., Lavaleye, M., Piersma, T. and Rogers, D.I. (1999). Flying for a feast – shorebird heaven on the Eighty Mile Beach 1999. Landscope Expeditions Report 35. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
Pearson, G.B., Lavaleye, M, de Goeij, P., Piersma, T., Honkoop, P.J.C., Rogers, D.I., Hickey, R. and Slack-Smith, S. (2003). Life on land’s edge – birds of Roebuck Bay, Broome (2002). Landscope Expeditions Report 48. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
Pearson, G.B., Lavaleye, M., de Goeij, P., Piersma, T., Honkoop, P.J.C., Rogers, D.I., Hickey, R. and Slack-Smith, S. (2003). Life on land’s edge – birds of Roebuck Bay, Broome 2002. Landscope (Expeditions Report) 48, 1-52.
Piersma, T. (1994). Close to the Edge: Energetic Bottlenecks and the Evolution of Migratory Pathways in Knots. Uitegeveri, Texel, 366 pp.
Piersma, T., Brugge, M., Spaans, B., Battley, P.F. (2008). Endogenous circannual rhythmicity in body mass, molt, and plumage of great knots Calidris tenuirostris. Auk 125, 140-148. Pook, J. 1992. Banding round-up complete list. Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme. Stilt 11: 32-35
Piersma, T., Brugge, M, Spaans, B. and Battley, P.F. (2008). Endogenous circannual rhythmicity in body mass, moult, and plumage of great knots Calidris tenuirostris » Auk 125: 140-148.
Piersma, T., Lavaleye, M., de Goeij, P., Honkoop P.J.C. and Compton, T. (2003). Benthos and birds on tropical intertidal mudflats: the June 2002 mapping effort in Roebuck Bay, northwest Australia. In Cadee, G.C., van Raaphorst, W., Maas, L.R.M. and Krijgsman, N. (eds), Annual Report 2002 Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), pp. 59-61. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel.
Piersma, T., Pearson ,G., Hickey, B., Lavaleye, M. and Rogers, D. (2002). Southern Roebuck Bay invertebrate and bird mapping 2002: SROEBIM-02. Unpublished report. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
Rogers, D. (1999b). Roost choice in the waders of Roebuck Bay: is avoiding heat stress their main consideration? Stilt 35, 65.
Rogers, D. (2000). Age-related variation in foraging ecology of Great Knots and Red Knots in Roebuck Bay, North-Western Australia. Stilt 37, 51-52.
Rogers, D., Boyle, A. and Hassell, C. (2001). Wader counts on Kidneybean Claypan and adjacent Roebuck Plains, Northwestern Australia. Stilt 38, 57-63.
Rogers, D.I. (1999). What determines shorebird feeding distribution in Roebuck Bay? In Pepping, M., Piersma, T., Pearson, G. and Lavaleye, M. (eds), Intertidal Sediments and Benthic Animals of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Report of the Roebuck Bay Intertidal Benthic Mapping Program, June 1997 (ROEBIM-97), pp. 145-174. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel.
Rogers, D.I., Battley, P.F., Piersma, T., van Gils, J.A. and Rogers, K.G. (2006a). High-tide habitat choice: insights from modelling roost selection by shorebirds around a tropical bay. Animal Behaviour » 72: 563-575.
Rogers, D.I., Hassell C. and Lewis, J. (2006b). Shorebird Disturbance on the Beaches of Roebuck Bay, 2005-2006: Conservation Implications and Recommendations. Report by Broome Bird Observatory for Department of Conservation and Land Management, NHT and the Shorebird Conservation Project / WWF-Australia.
Rogers, D.I., Hassell, C. and Lewis, J. (2006c). Shorebird disturbance on the beaches of Roebuck Bay, 2005-2006: Conservation implications and recommendations » Report by Broome Bird Observatory for Department of Conservation and Land Management, NHT and the Shorebird Conservation Project. World Wildlife Fund, Australia.
Rogers, D.I., Pearson, G.B. and Piersma, T. (2000a). Progress report Tracking 2000: radio-telemetry and other studies of Great Knots and Red Knots in Roebuck Bay, March-April 2000. Unpublished report. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel.
Rogers, D.I., Pearson, G.B. and Piersma, T. (2000a). ANNABIM 99: Anna Plains Benthic Invertebrate and Bird Mapping 1999. Tattler 22: 3-6.
Rogers, D.I., Piersma, T. and Hassell, C.J. (2006a). Roost availability may constrain shorebird distribution: exploring the energetic costs of roosting and disturbance around a tropical bay » Biological Conservation 133, 225-235
Rogers, D.I., Piersma, T. and Hassell, C.J. (2006b). Roost availability may constrain shorebird distribution: exploring the energetic costs of roosting and disturbance around a tropical bay » Biological Conservation 133: 225-235.
Rogers, D. I., Rogers, K.G.,Gosbell, K.B. and Hassell, C. J. (2006d). Causes of variation in population monitoring surveys: insights from non-breeding counts in North-western Australia, 2004-2005, Stilt 50: 176-193.
Tulp, I. and de Goeij, P. (1994). Evaluating wader habitats in Roebuck Bay (North-western Australia) as a springboard for northbound migration in waders, with a focus on Great Knots. Emu 94, 78-95.
Tulp, I., McChesney, S. and de Goeij, P. (1994). Migratory departures of waders from North-western Australia: behaviour, timing and possible migration routes » Ardea 82, 201-221.
Van de Kam, J., Battley, P., McCaffery, B., Rogers, D., Hong, Jae-Sang., Moores, N., Yung-Ki, Ju., Lewis, J., Piersma, T. (2010). Invisible Connections: Why Migrating Shorebirds Need The Yellow Sea.
Watkins, D. (1993a). A National Plan for Shorebird Conservation in Australia. Australasian Wader Study Group, World Wide Fund for Nature and the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. RAOU Report No. 90.
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
Alongi, D.M. (1998) Coastal Ecosystem Processes. CRC Press, New York, 419 pp.
DINOSAURS
Thulborn, R.A., Hamley, T. and Foulkes, P. (1994). Preliminary report on sauropod dinosaur tracks in the Broome sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) of Western Australia. Gaia 10: 85-96
ECOLOGY
IMCRA Technical Group. (1998). Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia: An ecosystem-based classification for marine and coastal environments. Version 3.3 » Environment Australia, Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Canberra.
FISH
Department of Fisheries (2006). North Coast Bioregion State of the Fisheries Report 2005/06. Department of Fisheries, Perth.
Department of Fisheries (2007). North Coast Bioregion State of the Fisheries Report 2006/07. Department of Fisheries, Perth.
Stevens, J.D., McAuley, R.B., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Pillans, R.D. (2008). Spatial distribution and habitat utilisation of Sawfish (Pristis spp.) in relation to fishing in Northern Australia » Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and Arts. CSIRO, Canberra.
HYDROGEOLOGY
Gunaratne, GLGDA (2015). Characterising the response of inter-tidal zone ecohydrology, to coastal hydrodynamics and anthropogenic nutrient loads »
Hearn, D. (2014). Source, Fate and Mobility of groundwater nutrients, metals, metaloids and 4-Nonylphenol in the unconfined Broome Aquifer »
Laws, A.T. (1987). The demand for groundwater in the Broome area, Western Australia. Proceedings of International Conference on Groundwater Resources under Stress, Brisbane, pp. 203-212, Australian Water Resources Council, Canberra.
Laws, A.T. (1991a). Explanatory notes on the Broome 1:250,000 hydrogeological sheet. Hydrogeological Map Series. Western Australia. Geological Survey, Perth.
Laws, A. T. (1991b). Outline of the groundwater resource potential of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. In Ventriss, H. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Groundwater in Large Sedimentary Basins, pp. 47-58. Australian Water Resources Council. Canberra.
Leech, R.E.J. (1979). Geology and groundwater resources of the south-western Canning Basin, Western Australia. Western Australia, pp. 66-74. . Annual Report. Department of Mines, Perth.
Oldmeadow, E.A.T. (2007). Geological and Hydrogeochemical Investigations into the Holocene Carbonate Dominated Wetlands, Roebuck Bay and Roebuck Plains, Western Australia » PhD Thesis (Applied Geology) Curtin University »
Oldmeadow, E.A.T. (2008). Geological and hydrogeochemical investigations into the Holocene carbonate dominated wetlands, Roebuck Bay and Roebuck Plains, Western Australia. PhD Thesis (Applied Geology), Curtin University, Perth.
Vogwill, R, (2002). Hydrogeology and Aspects of the Environmental Geology of the Broome Area, Western Australia. PhD Thesis, Curtin University, Western Australia.
Vogwill, R. (2003). Hydrogeology and aspects of the environmental geology of the Broome area, Western Australia » PhD thesis, Curtin University, Perth.
Wolanski, E. (2007). Estuarine Ecohydrology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 157 pp.
Wright, N. (2013). Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Unconfined Aquifer of the Broome Peninsula »
LYNGBYA
de Silva, T (2015). Effects of Lyngbya majuscula on the diversity and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates during an in situ simulated bloom »
Pearson, G. B. (2008). Nutrients of Drain Inflow and Sediments of Parts of Roebuck Bay: preliminary report to the Roebuck Bay Working Group. Roebuck Bay Working Group, Broome.
Estrella, S.M. (2013). Effects of nutrient enrichment and toxic Lyngbya blooms on benthic invertebrates and migratory shorebird communities of Roebuck Bay Ramsar site »
Roebuck Bay Working Group. (2009). Contingency Management Plan: Broome Lyngbya »
MAMMALS – MARINE
Beasley I., Robertson, K.M. and Arnold, P. (2005). Description of a new dolphin, the Australian snubfin dolphin Orcella heinsohni sp. n » (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Marine Mammal Science 21: 365-400.
Brown, A.M., Kopps, A.M., Allen, S.J., Bejder, L., Littleford-Colquhoun, B., Parra, G.J., Cagnazzi, D., Thiele, D., Palmer, C. and Frère, C.H. 2014. Population differentiation and hybridisation of Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Indo-Pacific humpback (Sousa chinensis) dolphins in north-western Australia. PLoS One 9: e101427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101427
Brown , A.M., Bejder, L., Pollock, K.H. and Allen, S.J. 2016. Site-specific assessments of the abundance of three inshore dolphin species to inform conservation and management. Frontiers in Marine Science 3: 4. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00004
Brown, A.M., Bejder, L., Parra, G.J., Cagnazzi, D., Hunt, T., Smith, J.L. and Allen, S.J. 2016. Sexual dimorphism and geographic variation in dorsal fin features of Australian humpback dolphins, Sousa sahulensis. Advances in Marine Biology 73: 273-314. doi: 10.1016/bs.amb.2015.08.002
Prince, R. (1986). Dugong in northern waters of Western Australia. Technical Report no. 7 » Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.
MANAGEMENT PLANS
Chalmers, C. and Woods, P. (1987). Broome Coastal Management Plan. Environmental Protection Authority Bulletin »
Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2016. Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park Management Plan 2014-2024 »
Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2016. Yawuru Birragun Conservation Park Joint Management Plan 2016 »
Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2016. Yawuru Nagulagun Roebuck Bay Marine Park Joint Management Plan 2016 »
Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2013. Lalang-garram Camden Sound Marine Park Joint Management Plan 2013-2023 »
Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2016. Lalang-garram Horizontal Falls Marine Parks Joint Management Plan 2016 »
Roebuck Bay Working Group, 2006. Interim Management Guidelines: A step towards Community-based Management Planning for Roebuck Bay »
Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2007. Rowley Shoals Marine Park Management Plan 2017-2017 »
Watkins, D. (1993). A national plan for shorebird conservation in Australia. RAOU Report No. 90. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Melbourne »
MANGROVES
Johnstone, R. (1990). Mangroves and mangrove birds of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 32: 1-120
Semeniuk, V., Kenneally, K. and Wilson, P. (1978). Mangroves of Western Australia. Handbook No.12. Western Australian Naturalists Club, Perth. 123
MARINE PARKS and RESERVES
DCLM. (1994). A Representative Marine Reserve System for Western Australia. Report of the Marine Parks and Reserves Selection Working Group » Part 3, 18-22 and Map 3 -2.
MAPPING
Hickey, R, Carew, R., Watkins, R, Piersma, T. and Pearson, G. (1998). Integrated GIS, Database Management, and Environmental Visualisation at Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. In: Adding a Spatial Dimension to Business, National conference, Fremantle WA, 353-362. Mapping Sciences Institute, Canberra.
Hickey, R., Pearson, G.B. and Piersma, T. (2003). Maps, mud, and birds. Geospatial Solutions 17: 40-43.
NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVES
Burbidge, A., McKenzie, N., and Kenneally, K. (1991). Nature Conservation Reserves in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia »
PEARLING
Rose, R.A., Dybdahl, R. and Harders, S. (1990). The reproductive cycle of the Western Australian silver-lip pearl oyster, (Pinctada maxima, Jameson) (Mollusca:Pteriidae). Journal of Shellfish Research 9 2:261-272.
RAMSAR
DEWR (2008). National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australia’s Ramsar Wetlands. Module 2 of the National Guidelines for Ramsar Wetlands: Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia » Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Canberra, 91 pp.
Government of Western Australia (1990). Wetlands Nominated by the Government of Western Australia for Inclusion of the List of Wetlands of International Importance, Ramsar Convention. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia »
McGrath, C. (2006). Legal Review of the Framework for Describing the Ecological Character of Ramsar Wetlands to Support Implementation of the EPBC Act. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
Ramsar Convention (1996). Resolution VI.1: Working definitions of ecological character, guidelines for describing and maintaining the ecological character of listed sites, and guidelines for operation of the Montreux Record »
Ramsar Convention (2005). Resolution IX.1 Annex A. A Conceptual Framework for the Wise Use of Wetlands and the Maintenance of their Ecological Character »
RIS (2003). Roebuck Bay Ramsar information sheet. Department of Conservation and Environment, Perth »
Watkins, D., Brennan, K., Lange, C, Jaensch, R. and Finlayson, M. (1997). Management planning for Ramsar Sites in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia » Wetlands International – Oceania. Canberra. Report to the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia, 1-192.
ROEBUCK BAY – GENERAL
Rogers, D.I., Piersma, T., Lavaleye, M., Pearson, G.B. and de Goeij, P. (2004b). Life along land’s edge. Landscope 19 (2): 32-39 »
SEAGRASS
de Silva, T (2015). Effects of Lyngbya majuscula on the diversity and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates during an in situ simulated bloom »
Walker, D.I. and Prince, R.I.T. (1987), Distribution and biogeography of seagrass species on the northwest coast of Australia. Aquatic Botany 29 19-32 »
SHORELINE RECESSION
Eberhardt J.M. (1979). Erosion at Amity Point – an example of shoreline recession. In Orme, G.R. and Day R. W. (eds), Handbook of recent geological studies of Moreton Bay, Brisbane River and Stradbroke Island, 82-88. Papers of the Geology Department 8. University of Queensland, St Lucia.
THREATENED SPECIES
IUCN (2008). International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species »
TIDES
Hickey, R., Watkins, R., Carew, R., Piersma, T. and Pearson, G.B. (2000). Tidal inundation modelling in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Geo Asia-Pacific: 47-50.
WATER QUALITY
ANZECC and ARMCANZ, (2000). Australian and New Zealand Water Quality Guidelines. Australian & New Zealand Environment & Conservation Council and Agriculture & Resource Management Council of Australia & New Zealand »
WETLANDS
ANCA, (2001). A Directory of Important Wetlands. Third Edition » Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra, 964 pp.
Anon. (1990). Wetlands nominated by the Government of Western Australia, Australia, for inclusion on the List of Wetlands of International Importance » Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, 43 pp.
Australian Nature Conservation Agency. (2001). A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (Third Edition)» Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra. Current version on-line at: http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/database.
Finlayson, C.M., Davidson, N.C. and Stevenson N.J., (2001). Wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring – practical techniques and identification of major issues » Proceedings of Workshop 4, 2nd International Conference on Wetlands and Development, Dakar, Senegal, pp. 8-14 November 1998. Supervising Scientist Report 161. Supervising Scientist, Darwin.
Oldmeadow, E.A.T. (2007). Geological and Hydrogeochemical Investigations into the Holocene Carbonate Dominated Wetlands, Roebuck Bay and Roebuck Plains, Western Australia » PhD Thesis (Applied Geology) Curtin University, April 2007.
Watkins, D. (1993b). Roebuck Bay (Western Australia): Background Information for the Conservation of a Wetland of International Importance. Unpublished report to the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
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