Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and Beyond – A Synthesis

   • Eric Wolanski, Jean-Paul Ducrotoy

   Pages 1-13

3. Estuaries that Bore the Full Pressure of the Historical Developments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Sydney Estuary, Australia: Geology, Anthropogenic Development and Hydrodynamic Processes/Attributes

      • Serena B. Lee, Gavin F. Birch

      Pages 17-30

   3. The Murray/Coorong Estuary: Meeting of the Waters?

      • Jochen Kämpf, Diane Bell

      Pages 31-47

   4. Port Phillip Bay

      • Joe Sampson, Alan Easton, Manmohan Singh

      Pages 49-68

   5. Past, Present and Futures of the Tamar Estuary, Tasmania

      • Joanna C. Ellison, Matthew R. Sheehan

      Pages 69-89

4. Estuaries Being Degraded

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Gold Coast Broadwater: Southern Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland (Australia)

      • Ryan J. K. Dunn, Nathan J. Waltham, Nathan P. Benfer, Brian A. King, Charles J. Lemckert, Sasha Zigic

      Pages 93-109

   3. Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in a Macro-tidal Estuary: Darwin Harbour, Australia

      • F. P. Andutta, X. H. Wang, Li Li, David Williams

      Pages 111-129

   4. The Ord River Estuary: A Regulated Wet-Dry Tropical River System

      • Barbara J. Robson, Peter C. Gehrke, Michele A. Burford, Ian T. Webster, Andy T. Revill, Duncan W. Palmer

      Pages 131-152

   5. South Australia’s Large Inverse Estuaries: On the Road to Ruin

      • Jochen Kämpf

      Pages 153-166

   6. Turbulent Mixing and Sediment Processes in Peri-Urban Estuaries in South-East Queensland (Australia)

      • Hubert Chanson, Badin Gibbes, Richard J. Brown

      Pages 167-183

   7. Hervey Bay and Its Estuaries

      • Joachim Ribbe

      Pages 185-201

   8. Moreton Bay and Its Estuaries: A Sub-tropical System Under Pressure from Rapid Population Growth

      • Badin Gibbes, Alistair Grinham, David Neil, Andrew Olds, Paul Maxwell, Rod Connolly et al.

      Pages 203-222

   9. Water Resource Development and High Value Coastal Wetlands on the Lower Burdekin Floodplain, Australia

      • Aaron M. Davis, Stephen E. Lewis, Dominique S. O’Brien, Zoë T. Bainbridge, Christie Bentley, Jochen F. Mueller et al.

      Pages 223-245

   10. The Hawkesbury Estuary from 1950 to 2050

       • Peter Collis

       Pages 247-257

5. Estuaries that Are Still Relatively Pristine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259

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   2. Deluge Inlet, a Pristine Small Tropical Estuary in North-Eastern Australia

      • Marcus Sheaves, Kátya G. Abrantes, Ross Johnston

      Pages 261-275

   3. Recent, Rapid Evolution of the Lower Mary River Estuary and Flood Plains

      • David Williams

      Pages 277-287

The book addresses the questions: Is Australia’s rapidly growing human population and economy environmentally sustainable for its estuaries and coasts? What is needed to enable sustainable development?

To answer these questions, this book reports detailed studies of 20 iconic Australian estuaries and bays by leading Australian estuarine scientists.

That knowledge is synthesised in time and space across Australia to suggest what Australian estuaries will look like in 2050 and beyond based on socio-economic decisions that are made now, and changes that are needed to ensure sustainability.

The book also has a Prologue by Mr Malcolm Fraser, former Prime Minister of Australia, which bridges environmental science, population policy and sustainability.

• Australia future
• Australia population
• Environmental health
• Estuaries of Australia
• Sustainable development
• coastal sciences
• climate change

From the reviews:

“This nicely illustrated book is a wonderful mix of case studies, geographical descriptions, history, scientifically-based predictions, socio-economic anecdotes, and fundamental physical, biological, chemical and environmental science … . It is written at a level where most readers, specialist scientists or not, will have no difficulty following the text and appreciating the arguments. As a summary of the historical, the current, and the anticipated status of Australian estuaries, on a level that can be appreciated by almost everybody, it is excellent.” (Reg Uncles, ECSA Bulletin, Issue 62, 2014)

• TropWATER and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

  Eric Wolanski

Dr. Eric Wolanski is a coastal oceanographer and ecohydrologist. Eric has 360 publications; he is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Institution of Engineers Australia (ret.), and l'Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. He was awarded an Australian Centenary medal for services in estuarine and coastal oceanography, a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the catholic University of Louvain, a Queensland Information Technology and Telecommunication award for excellence, and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) Lifetime Achievement Award. Eric is a member of the IGBP-IHDP Scientific Steering Committee of Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ), and a member of the Scientific Planning Committee of Japan’s Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS). He is a chief editor of Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Wetlands Ecology and Management, and the Treatise of Estuarine and Coastal Science.

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