Albany Waterways Resource Book: Table of Contents

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1. Waterway systems

1.1 What are waterways and catchments?
1.2 Why do waterways need managing?
1.3 Waterways of south-western Western Australia

2. How waterways work

2.1 Ecosystems
2.2 Habitats
2.3 Food webs
2.4 Nutrient cycling
2.5 How waterways work in the Albany area

3. Local waterways and their catchments

3.1 Waterway facts
3.2 The catchment area
3.3 Princess Royal Harbour
3.4 Oyster Harbour
3.5 King George Sound
3.6 Kalgan River
3.7 King River
3.8 Other tributaries

4. Water quality

4.1 Water quality and water pollution
4.2 How pollution affects waterways
4.3 Preventing water pollution
4.4 Water quality parameters
4.5 The water quality of Albany's waterways

5. Physical characteristics

5.1 Water movement
5.2 Tides and circulation
5.3 Sediments
5.4 Estuary formation
5.5 Physical characteristics of the Albany waterways

6. Waterway life

6.1 Life in waterways
6.2 Fish
6.3 Invertebrates
6.4 Birdlife
6.5 Mosquitoes
6.6 Aquatic plants
6.7 Phytoplankton blooms
6.8 Fringing vegetation
6.9 Animals and plants of the Albany waterways

7. People and the waterways

7.1 How and why people use waterways
7.2 How humans affect waterways
7.3 People and the Albany waterways

8. Managing waterways

8.1 The evolution of waterways management in Western Australia
8.2 Waterways management principles
8.3 Integrated catchment management
8.5 Statutory environmental and planning mechanisms
8.5 Management of the Albany waterways

9. Key environmental problems of local waterways

9.1 Nutrient enrichment of the harbours
9.2 Seagrass decline and the spread of macroalgae
9.3 Toxic contamination
9.4 Catchment clearing

10. Glossary

11. Further reading