Project reports

As part of the GSS process, numerous publications have been produced which have captured information from a range of materials, including books, academic journal articles and government reports.

Save this Endnote file for a detailed Gnangara bibliography (requires Endnote software on your computer) which can be used by anyone who wishes to conduct research on the Gnangara groundwater system. For those without Endnote download as a pdf.

In developing the Gnangara Sustainability Strategy a number of projects are being implemented to help fill gaps in our knowledge. Please find below a link to reports that have been produced so far:

Biodiversity values on the mound

• Biodiversity values and threatening processes of the Gnangara groundwater system (complete report), September 2009, Edited by Barbara A. Wilson and Leonie E. Valentine, Department of Environment and Conservation.
  Note that this new report has to be broken into a number of chapters as follows:
  • Cover page and Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction and approach, Barb Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 2: Floristic biodiversity and vegetation condition, L. Valentine, K Bleby, Marnie Swinburn, Janine Kinloch, Barbara Wilson. Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 3: Fauna Biodiversity, K. Bleby, L. Valentine, A. Reaveley, B. Wilson and N. Huang, Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 4: Wetlands and groundwater dependent ecosystems, P. Horwitz, B. Sommer and R. Froend, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University
  • Chapter 5: Wetlands - Changes, losses and gains, P. Horwitz, B. Sommer and P. Hewitt, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University
  • Chapter 6: Habitat loss and fragmentation, B.Wilson, L. Valentine, Janine Kinloch, T. Sonneman, M. Swinburn, Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 7: Fire regimes, K. Bleby, A. Reaveley, L. Valentine, B. Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation.
  • Chapter 8: Impacts of introduced species on biodiversity, K. Reavely, K. Bettink, L. Valentine, Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 9: Distribution and impacts of Phytophthora cinnamomi, B. Wilson, J. Kinloch and M. Swinburn, Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 10: Potential Impacts of climate change on biodiversity, J. Isaac*, L. Valentine and B. Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation, *Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University
  • Chapter 11: Risks and priorities, J. Kinloch, B. Wilson and M. Swinburn, Department of Environment and Conservation
  • Chapter 12: Recommendations and future directions, L Valentine, Kristen Bleby and J Osacc*, Department of Environment and Conservation and * James Cook University
  • Appendicies
• Assessment of wetland invertebrate and fish biodiversity for the Gnangara Sustainability Strategy, June 2008, prepared by Edith Cowan University on behalf of the Department of Environment and Conservation. Includes Appendices 1 and 2
• Methodology and recommendations for connectivity/corridor analysis for the GSS study area, 2009, prepared by Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of the Department of Environment and Conservation
• Ecological linkages proposed for the Gnangara groundwater system, May 2009, Report prepared by P.H. Brown, R.A. Davis, T. Sonneman and J. Kinlock, Department of Environment and Conservation, The University of Western Australia and the Perth Region NRM for the Department of Environment and Conservation
• Ecological linkages within the pine plantations on the Gnangara groundwater system, June 2009, Report prepared by P.H. Brown, T. Sonneman and J. Kinlock, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Patterns of ground-dwelling vertebrate biodiversity in the Gnangara sustainability strategy study area, July 2009, Leonie E. Valentine, Barbara A. Wilson, Alice Reaveley, Natalia Huang, Brent Johnson and Paul Brown, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Criteria and ranking of biodiversity assets in the GSS study area, 2009, J Kinloch, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Cyclopoid Copepods from the Yanchep National Park caves and Ellen Brook Valley Springs, Western Australia 2008, Report prepared by D Tang, & B Knott, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation
• Development of remotely sensed vegetation cover index and vegetation cover trend analysis, 2009, G Behn, K Zdunic, J Kinloch & B Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Fire and the Banksia woodlands of the Swan coastal plain- fuel reduction burns and water recharge on the Gnangara Mound: Preliminary report, 2009, A Reaveley, K Bleby, LE Valentine, B Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Fire management operations : Gnangara Sustainability Strategy area, 2010, C. Muller Consulting
• Impact of Fire on Biodiversity of the Gnangara Groundwater System, 2010, B. Wilson, L. Valentine, J. Kuehs, M. Swinburn and K. Belby, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Guidelines for developing ecological burning regimes for the Gnangara Groundwater System, 2010, B. Wilson, J. Kuehs L. Valentine, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Spatial fire history analysis in the Gnangara Sustainability Strategy Area.pdf, 2010, T. Sonneman, J. Kuehs, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Gnangara conservation significance assessment, 2008, Report prepared by Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Harpacticoid Copepods from the Yanchep National Park caves and Ellen Brook Valley Springs, Western Australia 2008, Report prepared by D Tang, & B Knott, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation
• Lake Pinjar vegetation assessment and ecological linkages, 2009, T Sonneman, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Literature review and monitoring program for stygofauna in the Gnangara groundwater system, 2008, Report prepared by Bennelongia Environmental Consultants for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Mammal fauna of the Gnangara sustainability strategy study area, 2009, A Reaveley, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Management plan for Gnangara and Pinjar off-road vehicle areas, 2008, A report prepared by Trail Bike Management Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Mapping the current extent of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Banksia woodlands in the GSS study area, 2009, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Monitoring vegetation condition in the Banksia woodland of the Gnangara Mound: The role of remote sensing tools, 2009, J Kinloch, K Zdunic, G Behn, & B Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Native plant taxa and threatened ecological communities of the GSS study area: An assessment of susceptibility to Phytophthora cinnamomi, 2009, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Phytophthora dieback assessment of Gnangara Mound biodiversity assets, 2009, J Kinloch & B Wilson, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Phytophthora dieback interpretation report of Melalueca block and the proposed Melalueca nature reserve, 2009, M Pez & M Swinburn, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Phytophthora dieback interpretation report of Yeal nature reserve, 2009, J Meharry & M Swinburn, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Predictive habitat modelling for flora and fauna species in the Swan Region, 2009, Report prepared by Eco Logical Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Predictive habitat modelling. Three bird species in the Swan Region, 2009, Report prepared by Eco Logical Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Reptile fauna of the Gnangara sustainability strategy area: A literature review, 2009, N Huang, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Scientific criteria and guidelines for ecological linkages, 2009, Report prepared by Dr RA Davis, The University of Western Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Status of vegetation complexes in the Gnangara sustainability strategy study area, 2009, J Kincloch, T Sonneman & LE Valentine, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Terrestrial avian diversity and threatening processes on the Gnangara groundwater mound, Western Australia 2009, Report prepared by RA Davis, The University of Western Australia for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• Terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity assessment for the Gnangara sustainability strategy, 2009, Report prepared by B Durrant, Wildlife Research Centre, Science Division, Department of Environment and Conservation.
• The impact of fire and Phythophthora dieback on birds in the Gnangara sustainability strategy area, 2009, Report prepared by RA Davis, Edith Cowan University for the Department of Environment and Conservation.
• The occurrence and status of frogs in the Gnangara sustainability strategy study area, 2009, Report prepared by M Bamford, Bamford and Bamford Consulting Ecologists & N Huang, Department of Environment and Conservation.

Future land uses for Crown land

• Restoration of Banksia woodlands after the removal of pines at Gnangara: Evaluation of seeding trials, December 2008, prepared by Murdoch University on behalf of the Department of Environment and Conservation
• Conservation reserves, DEC-managed land and Bush Forever sites in the Gnangara Sustainability strategy study area, December 2008, Tracy Sonneman and Paul Hepburn Brown, Department of Environment and Conservation
• Restoration of Banksia woodland after the removal of pines at Gnangara: See species requirements and prescriptions for restoration, May 2009, Report prepared by Kellie Maher, The University of Western Australia on behalf of the Department of Environment and Conservation

Quantitative analysis and integration of land-use and water management scenarios

• Value of the Yanchep Caves: Assessing Yanchep National Park visitor's willingness to pay for environmental improvement to the caves, February 2008. Report prepared by CSIRO
• Economic and social values of land and water uses on the Gnangara groundwater system, February 2009, report prepared by CSIRO
• Sense of Place: Perth community attitude towards places of significance on the Gnangara groundwater system, March 2009, report prepared by CSIRO
• Analysis of land and water use scenarios for the Gnangara groundwater system, July 2009, Ram Ranjan, Sorada Tapsuwan, Amgad Elmahdi and David Kaczan

Regional planning context and future land-uses

• Investigation into the Regional Planning Context and Future Land Use Options for the Gnangara Mound, Stage 1 Report, May 2008. Report prepared by Connell Wagner on behalf of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure
• Gnangara sustainability strategy summary of land use planning investigations, February 2009, compiled by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure
• Understanding soil processes controlling landscape acidity and heavy metal mobilisation on Aquic Podosols on the Swan coastal plain, May 2009, N. Prakongkep, R.J. Gilkes, The Univesity of Western Australia and B. Singh, Department of Environment and Conservation, report to the Department of Environment and Conservation

Horticulture precinct on the Gnangara Mound

• Ideal nutrient and water practices on a green-fields horticultural site at Carabooda - opportunities and constraints, July 2009. Investigation and report by Peter Eckersley in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Food WA and Doug Hall of Irrigation Australia
• The feasibility of a new horticultural precinct on the Gnangara Mound, November 2008, report and consolidated summary prepared by Science Matters and Economics Consulting Services on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Food
• Wastewater and sewer mining in the Swan Valley area Western Australia, 2009. Prepared by Science Matters, Strategen and Economics Consulting Services for the Department of Agriculture and Food WA

Plantation forestry

• Assessment of silvicultural regimes for softwood plantations established on the Gnangara Mound, Report Prepared by URS on behalf of the Forest Products Commission
• Food resources of Carnaby's black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) in the Gnangara Sustainability Strategy study area, October 2008, report prepared by Edith Cowan University on behalf of the Forest Products Commission
• Gnangara groundwater system plantation species assessment, January 2009, report prepared by URS Australia on behalf of the Forest Products Commission
• Pines and the ecology of Carnaby‘s Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) in the Gnangara Sustainability Strategy study area., Pines and the ecology of Carnaby's black-cockatoos (calyptorhynchus latirostris) in the Gnangara sustainability strategy study area, July 2009, Hugh Finn, William Stock, and Leonie Valentine - Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University & Department of Environment and Conservation respectively.
• Gnangara groundwater system plantation species assessment – Stage 2 – Species modelling, 2009. Prepared by URS for Forest Products Commission

Community engagement and communication

• Gnangara Sustainability Strategy, Report on Community Views Survey, July 2008. Report prepared by SAVANT Surveys and Strategies
• Gnangara Sustainability Strategy, Community Forums Analysis Report, June 2008. Report prepared by Blue Sands Environmental
• Gnangara Sustainability Strategy Regional Profile includes socio-demographic profiles of 29 areas in the region, based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census of Population and Housing
• Gnangara sustainability strategy Aboriginal consultation project, December 2008. Report prepared by Kevin Giles, KG's Practical Planning Services

Local area modelling

• Perth Region Aquifer Modelling System (PRAMS) scenario modelling for the Gnangara sustainability strategy, December 2009, Department of Water, Hydrogeological record series, Report no. HG39
• East Wanneroo integrated groundwater-lake flow modelling: Predictive scenario modelling to support the Gnangara sustainability strategy, July 2009, Department of Water, Hydrogeological record series, Report no. HG35
• Development of local area groundwater models – Gnangara Mound: Lake Nowergup report, 2009. Prepared by SKM for Department of Water
• Development of local area groundwater models – Gnangara Mound: Lexia wetlands report, 2009. Prepared by SKM for Department of Water
• Development of local area groundwater models – Gnangara Mound: Lake Bindiar report, 2009. Prepared by SKM for Department of Water

Six projects being undertaken by the Water Corporation

• The Water Corporation have published a number of reports on groundwater. Check out their website at www.watercorporation.com.au/P/publications_supply_storage.cfm
• Confined Pumping Response, April 2008, Water Corporation