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Report No 56 - 1981 Review Of Rainfall And Wetlands In The South-West Of Western Australia, J. A.K. Lane, D. R. Munro

Fisheries Research Reports

An account is given of the biological principles involved in decisions concerning duck-shooting seasons in the south-west of Western Australia.

The conditions for waterfowl which prevailed during 1981 are described through the use of rainfall statistics and data obtained from the Department's wetland monitoring programme.

Rainfall was generally average over central and northern areas of the south-west during 1981. Rainfall in southern areas, however, was generally

below to much-below-average, although south coastal areas from Augusta to Albany received average falls.

Unusually heavy falls were recorded in North Coastal, North Central and Central Coastal Districts in May, and average falls were …

Report No 54 - A Guide To The Gazetted Rare Flora Of Western Australia: Supplement 1, Susan J. Patrick, Stephen D. Hopper

Fisheries Research Reports

On March 12, 1982 36 plants were added to and 4 plants were deleted from the schedule of flora proclaimed by the Minister for Fisheries and Wildlife to be rare, likely to become extinct or otherwise in need of special protection under Section 23F of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950-1979. Descriptions and drawings of each of the 36 additions to the schedule are provided.

All 36 rare taxa are confined to the South West Botanical Province, most being concentrated in the Albany, Pingelly,

Moora and Wongan Hills wildlife districts. There is an urgent need for further studies on the conservation …

Fisheries Report No 52 - The Present State Of The Western Australian Fishery For Australian Salmon, Michael H. Walker

Fisheries Research Reports

In 1975, following a number of years of research by the CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, it was decided to conduct. a renewed programme cooperatively between CSIRO and W.A. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. The results of the joint programmes will be presented elsewhere. Meanwhile this paper. describes the Western Australian salmon fishery in 1981 and over the life of the current CSIRO/W.A. salmon research programme i.e. 1975-1981. It considers both the professional and amateur fishery, the disposal of the catch and attempts to discuss any changes in technique, effort, etc. which may have occurred in the period 1975-1981. …

Sorrel, Dicamba Soil Residual Effects, Glean, Veldt Grass, Declared Weeds Blackberry, Pattersons Curse, Penny Royal, J Moore

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

CONCLUSIONS This trial has confirmed the field observation that 2,4,5-T whilst giving good initial control of Pennyroyal, fails after a number of years. Round up has a far longer term effect. This can only be attributed to a more complete initial kill as both herbicides are essentially non residual. Further work needs to be conducted on Round up in combination with soil residual chemicals or multiple applications to overcome the problem of reinfestation from seed reserves. 81A1 -01

Trace Element Nutrition., R F. Brennan, M M. Riley

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Long term copper trial - Newdegate Research Station 66 N 14. Rates of copper and methods of application on new land 82 Me 43. Wheat response to zinc rates 81 Mo 8. Zinc, sulphur and copper residual with DAP for wheat 78 LG 27. Manganese residual on lupins 78 Ba 26. Manganese on wheat 82 No 8. Manganese on wheat, barley, oats and lupins 82 Br 4. Manganese, zinc, magnesium and lime on wheat varieties 82 Je 21. Foliar application of molybdenum to wheat 82 Me 74. Foliar application of molybdenum to wheat 82 TS 41. Molybdenum and ammonium sulphate …

A Central Midlands Catchment Study : The Prospects For Land Drainage, B J. Hillman, B. J

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Flooding, waterlogging and salinity problems in Western Australia are complex. Usually broad areas of land are affected, thus it is hard for one farmer alone to combat the effects because the problem so often starts and finishes off his farm.

1. Phosphorus Sources Trials 2. Miscellaneous Trials, J W. Bowden, R J. Lunt, M J. Baker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Sources of phosphorus trials - 1982 results. Pasture Trials, 76MT10, 77MT1, 77MT2, 76BU1, 77EI. Cropping Trials, 76WH14, 76WH10, 76WH9, 76N4, 76LG6, 80BA6. Trials not assessed in 1982, 77WH2 Pasture phase. Miscellaneous trials. Long term trials, 66M30, 65Al, 65A1, 65C5, 69WH15, 75LG26, 81N044, 78BA7. 1982 Trials, 82N04, 82BA2, 82N02, 82N05, 82WH2, 81N044.

Nitrogenous Fertilisers For Cereals And Rape Results From 1982 Trials., M. G. Mason

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Residual value of fertiliser nitrogen, Chapman research station, Nabawa, 81 C 2. Residual value of fertiliser nitrogen, Merredin research station, 81 M 1. Residual value of fertiliser nitrogen Wongan Hills research station, 81 WH 1. Evaluation of the nitrification inhibitor,DIDIN, R. Auld, North Eneabba. 82 TS 40. Evaluation of the nitrification inhibitor, DIDIN, D. Hooper, Perillup, 82 AL 35. Evaluation of the nitrification inhibitor, DIDIN, Badgingarra research station, 82 BA 9. Evaluation of the nitrification Inhibitor, DIDIN, Esperance Downs research station, Gibson, 82 E 4. Evaluation of the nitrification inhibitor, DIDIN, J.B. Wood, Lancelin, 82 MO 3. Nitrogen fertiliser requirement …

Long Term Minimum Tillage Investigations, R J. Jarvis

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

77A16, 77WH17, 77M13, 78M25, 77E18, 77Mt15, 78Ba42, 77A43, 77WH88, 77M56, 82M35, 77E52, 77Mt51, 82N21, 82LG47, 82KD3, 82M29, 82M30, 79M7, 79WH6, 82M34, 82LG4, 82ME38, 82M46, 82GE37, 82GE38, 82M35, 81M53, 82N48, 82NO49, 82NO51, 77WH17, 80NO46, 81NO3, 81NO4, 82MO35, 82MO36, 82MO34, 82MO34, 82MO37, 82WH2, 80A44, 82M32, 82M61, 82N32, 81LG3, 82M31, 81M45, 81NO2, 81M52.

Phosphorus Nutrition On Leaching Sands., D. M. Deeley, S. M. Mason, B. G. Barker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

The excessive amounts of nutrients entering the Peel-Harvey Estuarine system have resulted in a marked increase in the abundance of algal species .within the estuary and reduced production on the sandy coastal soils of the catchment from which the nutrients are being leached. Recent stream samplings by D.C.E have shown that the deep grey Bassendean sands may be contributing up to 40 per cent of the total P loading in the Harvey River. Agriculture Department trials around Albany on similar sands have shown that up to 80 per cent of the bicarb extractable P may be lost after only 150 …

Diseases Of Lupins And Lupinosis., P M. Wood

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin diseases, 82 TS 30, 82 TS 29, 82 TS 28, 82 GE 24, 82 ME 45, 82 ME 46, 82 BR 20,

Sulphur Nutrition Of Pastures, Phosphorus And Potassium Nutrition Of High Rainfall Pastures On Deep Sands And Soil Acidity - High Rainfall Pastures., J. S. Yeates., M. F. Clarke

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Sulphur - high rain fall areas. Rates and time of application of sulphur as superphosphate to pastures. 79AL2, 79AL23, 79AL41, 82BY7, 82BY8, 82PE2. Sulphur rundown on heavy soils - 81BY1. Sources, rates, time of application of sulphur to pastures. 80AL1, 80AL4, 81AL3, 81AL4. Sulphur - low rainfall areas. Sulphur on pastures 80JE16/17, 82AL9, 82KA4. Sulphur on crops 82ME68 (with G Fosberry). Phosphorus. Sources, rates, time of application of phosphorus on high rainfall deep sand pastures. 80AL2, 80ALS, 80AL15, 81AL5, 81KE2, 81MA4, 82AL10. Potassium. Sources, rates, time of application of potassium on high rainfall deep sand pastures. 80AL3, 80AL6, 81AL7, 81AL8. …

State Of The Fisheries Report 1980, Department Of Fisheries And Wildlife, Western Australia

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Western Australia has maintained its position as the top fishing State. The catch in Western Australia of fish, crustaceans and molluscs in 1979/80 was worth $85.7 million to the fishermen, which is 27 per cent of the total value for Australia.

Land Degradation In The Fitzroy Valley Of Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia. Rangeland Management Branch

Resource management technical reports

The report reassesses the condition of formerly valuable grazing lands of the Fitzroy River valley frontage lands. It is hoped that the submission will promote discussion on the problems of degenerated pastoral land and increase the resolve of all concerned to take the necessary action for their restoration. The frontage lands flank the major rivers of the area, the Fitzroy, the Margaret and the Meda and their tributaries. The frontage is capable of supporting the best pastures in the Kimberley, but unwise and uncontrolled stocking has profoundly degraded and eroded the most productive parts. There are about 5,800 square kilometres …

Part 1. A. Take-All Of Cereals B. Rhizoctonia C. Pythium Root Rot Of Wheat, Part 2, A. Minimum Tillage Trials., G S. Macnish

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Take-all following cleaning crops. Take-all build-up on new land rotation. Take-all build-up and rates of phosphorus on wheat. Long-term rotation and take-all. Take-all incidence in cereal/lupin rotation. Take-all incidence in a wheat/clover or/pasture rotation. Continuous wheat and take-all. Rhizoctonia patch of cereals. Rhizoctonia mapping experiment. Rhizoctonia patch - control. Pythium root rot of wheat. Part 2. Sprayseed followed by direct drilling with triple disc drill. Plough, Sprayseed followed by direct drilling with triple-disc drill. Sprayseed followed by direct drilling with combine. Cult + seed with combine - Sprayseed followed by cultivation followed by drilling with combine. For this report the …

Report No 41 - A Survey Method For Identifying Roadside Flora Suitable For Conservation In Western Australia, John K. Scott

Fisheries Research Reports

A survey method for identifying flora suitable for conservation alongside roads in south-western Australia was derived from an examination of characteristics of road verges. Two roads, from Midland to Toodyay and from Armadale to Bunbury, were examined. Width of verge, weed cover, soil disturbance, vegetation structure, presence of public utilities, evidence of fire and the type of adjoining land were measured at one mile (1.6 km) intervals on both sides of the road. Also recorded were aesthetic qualities such as stands of beautiful trees and sites of special interest, e.g. the presence of rare plants.

Three variables, percentage weed cover, …

Fisheries Report No 48 - The Western Rock Lobster Fishery 1976 - 1977, G. R. Morgan, E H. Barker

Fisheries Research Reports

The fishery for the western rock lobster Panuldinus cygnus is one of the most important single fisheries in Australia and an important export earner for the State. The fishery is governed by a complex set of regulations which have been reviewed by Bowen (1971) and which are designed to limit the total effort to acceptable levels and to enforce a legal minimum size. It is thus important to constantly monitor the state of the fishery both to ensure that the effort is remaining within the accepted limits and that the regulations are adequately performing their function of maintaining reasonably stable …

Fisheries Report No 43 - A Pit Trap Survey Of Small Mammals, Lizards And Frogs On The Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Stephen D. Hopper

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Ten pitlines were placed in open low woodlands near Moates Lake and in upland and coastal heathlands near Mount Gardner on Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve during February 1980 and February 1981. The trapping program established that Common Dunnarts (Smitnthopsts murina) and Honey Possums (Tarstpes spencerae) were widespread in the reserve, and added three lizards and one frog to the list of vertebrates known to occur on the reserve.

Twenty mammals (15 native and 5 feral), four snakes, fifteen lizards, one tortoise and six frogs are now known on Iwo Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. They constitute a representative sample of …

Report No 42 - A Guide To The Gazetted Rare Flora Of Western Australia, Barbara L. Rye, Stephen D. Hopper

Fisheries Research Reports

Descriptions and illustrations are provided for the first 100 taxa which have been gazetted as rare, likely to become extinct or in need of special protection under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950-1979. Most of these rare taxa are restricted to the South-West Botanical Province and more than one-third occur in the Albany Wildlife District.

An outline is given of the means adopted to determine which taxa are gazetted as rare, the legal provisions for their protection and the biological data being sought for their management.

Fisheries Report No 46 - The Amateur Fishery For The Western Rock Lobster, Pamela N. Norton

Fisheries Research Reports

A study of the amateur fishery for the western rock Lobster, Paulinus cygnus George, was commenced by the W.A. Marine Research Laboratories in August, 1976, and was concluded in December, 1978. The main aims of this study were to collect and analyse data to give some estimate of the distribution and magnitude of this amateur fishery.

Prior to this survey, the only catch and fishing effort data available was that obtained from the commercial fishery. Data from the amateur fishery were required in order to make a full assessment of the Level of exploitation of the stocks. In addition, 144 …

Fisheries Report No 45 - The Short Term Effects Of Brush Harvesting On The Kwongan Vegetation At Eneabba, Western Australia, E. A. Griffin, A. J. M. Hopkins

Fisheries Research Reports

Areas of the kwongan vegetation south of Eneabba are currently being harvested to provide brush for rehabilitation after mining. Because of the botanical importance of the Eneabba kwongan, a study of the effects of the harvesting was initiated. Three areas with different harvest histories were sampled using quadrats paired across cut/uncut boundaries. Floristic and structural differences between quadrats and between areas were assessed. The store of seed in uncut vegetation was measured.

There was a loss of species as a result of harvesting, at least in the short-term. Many species regenerated by resprouting from buds in damaged stems or in …

Sulphur Nutrition Of Pastures And Crops, Phosphorus And Potassium Nutrition Of High Rainfall Pastures On Deep Sands, Soil Acidity - High Rainfall Pastures, J S. Yeates, M F. Clarke

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

A. SULPHUR - HIGH RAINFALL 1. Rates and time of application of superphosphate to pastures. 79AK2, 79AL23, 79AL25, 79AL41, 81BY1, 81KE1. 2. Sulphur soil test calibration on pastures. 79AL18, 80BY2, 80KE2. 3. Sulphur soil test calibration on pastures: Co-operative PKS soil test project on pastures on duplex soils of the east Albany area (PRD/ARO). Sulphur results. 80 AL44, 46, 47, 48, 72, 73 81AL51, 53, 55 4. Sulphur on adsorbing soils receiving no current S input. 80BY1., 80AL16. 5. Sources, rates, time of application of sulphur on pastures. 80AL1, 80AL4, 81AL3, 81AL4, 80KE1, 80MA1 B. SULPHUR - LOW RAINFALL 1. …

Report No 47 - 1980 Review Of Rainfall And Wetlands In The South-West Of Western Australia, J. A.K. Lane, D. R. Munro

Fisheries Research Reports

An account is given of the biological principles involved in decisions concerning duck-shooting seasons in the south-west of Western Australia.

The conditions for waterfowl which prevailed during 1980 are described through the use of rainfall statistics and data obtained from the Department's wetland monitoring programme.

1980 was the fifth consecutive year of below-average rainfall in all five Meteorological Districts of the south-west. 1976 to 1980 was thus' the south-west's driest five-year period since 1913 at least.

Low rainfall during 1980 resulted in a further decline in the condition of wetlands throughout most of the inland south-west, Few gauged wetlands increased …

Fisheries Report No 44 - The Birds Of Pelsart Island Western Australia, Phillip J. Fuller, Andrew A. Burbidge, A. G. Wells

Fisheries Research Reports

Between 1977 and 1981, 58 species of birds were recorded at Pelsart Island. Fifteen sea birds and one land bird were recorded breeding

Pelsart Island is one of the most important sea bird breeding islands in Australia and the World. Birds of special significance which breed there include the Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris, the Common Noddy Anous stolidus, the Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata, the Osprey Pandion haliaetus and the White~breasted Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster. The Lesser Noddy colony disappeared between 1899 and 1907 during a period of intense guano mining. It re-established sometime between 1913 and 1936 and since 1954 it …

Phosphorus Sources Trials. Miscellaneous Trials., J. W. Bowden, R J. Lunt, M J. Baker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

I Sources of PhosphorusTrials - 1981 results. Pasture Trials. 76MT10 - New land pasture at Mt Barker - gravel. 77MT1 - New land pasture at Mt Barker - gravel Methods and particle size effects. 76BU1 - New land pasture at Yallingup - sand over gravel. Cropped to oats 1981. Cropping Trials. 76WH10 - Young land at Wongan Hills - ley year: W.L.S. 76WH9 - New land at Wongan Hills - W.L.S. 76N4 - New land at Newdegate - shallow gravel. 76LG6 - Young land at Newdegate - sandy gravel. 80BA6 - Young land at Badgingarra - pale, deep sand. Trials …

Development Of Bioassay Techniques/ Field Persistence Of Trifluralin, Simazine And Diuron. Calotropis Procers And Parkinsonia Aculeata., A H. Cheam

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Development of bioassay techniques for trifluralin, simazine and diuron. 2. Field persistence of trifluralin, simazine and diuron in Wongan Hills soils. 3. Taxonomic studies of Calotropis procera, a declared weed of the North-West of Western Australia. 4. Germination studies of calotropis procera and Parkinsonia aculeata.

Nitrogenous Fertilisers For Cereals And Rape - Results From 1981 Trials, M G. Mason

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Effect of Stubble Treatment on Nitrogen Fertiliser Requirement – 78C3, 78M2, 78WH3. Residual Value of Fertiliser Nitrogen – 81C2, 81M1, 81WH1. Nitrogen Rates vs Stubble Treatment – 81TS36. Method and time of application of urea – 81BA1, 81WH2. Urea Sprays for Wheat – 81LG7, 81LG28. Effect of Nitrogen Sprays on Efficiency of a Weedicide – 81MO13. Effect of Nitrogen Sprays on Efficiency of Hoegrass – 81WH16. Effect of Nitrogen Sprays on Efficiency of Diuron + M.C.P.A. – 81WH17. Effect of Agras No. 1 on Soil pH and Wheat Yield – 80WH3, 80M1, 80N3. Rate of Application of Sources of Nitrogen …

The Effect Of Chemical Grass Control In Pastures On Subsequent Crop Production And Take All Levels, C W. Thorn

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To evaluate the effect of chemical grass control, 82LG25.

Introduction. Methods. General notes on the trials. Results and discussion. Conclusions.

Nitrogenous Fertiliser Requirements In Different Cropping Rotations 1981 Results, M G. Mason, I C. Rowland

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Nitrogen Requirement of Wheat After Clover, Lupins and Cereal – 78C1, 80BA3, 78N1. Nitrogen Requirement of Barley After Clover, Lupins and Non Legume – 78E3. Nitrogen Fertiliser Requirement in Alternate Crop-Pasture Rotation – 78BA1, 78WH2. Nitrogen Fertiliser Requirement in a Lupin - Wheat Rotation – 81LG29.

Treating Saltland, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

No abstract provided.