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Department of Sustainability and Environment (2003) Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site: Strategic Management Plan, Government of Victoria.

DEWHA (2008) Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia. http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/database/ accessed 2008.

Hamilton, A.J. (2007) Potential microbial and chemical hazards to waterbirds at the Western Treatment Plant. Ecological Management and Restoration 8: 38-41.

Lane, B.A., Schulz, M. and Wood, K.L. (1984) Birds of Port Phillip Bay, Coastal Unit Technical Report No. 1, Ministry for Planning and Environment, Victoria.

Lane, B.A., Carr, G.W. and Orscheg, C. (1999) Conservation and Ramsar Management Plan, Western Treatment Plant, The Spit Conservation Reserve and Adjacent Habitats, Ecology Australia for Melbourne Water.

Melbourne Water (2000) Western Treatment Plant and The Spit Nature Conservation Reserve Conservation Management Action Plan. Melbourne Water: Melbourne.

Schulz, M., Beardsell, C. and Sandiford, K. (1991) Sites of Faunal Significance in the Western Wetlands of Melbourne, Wildlife Branch, Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria.

Weston, M., McMahon, A.R.G., Fearnside, P. and Starks, J. (1995) Avalon Airshow Avifauna Study: The Effects of Aircraft Activity on Waterbirds in the Point Wilson Area. Report prepared by Ecology Australia, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and Carr.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Werribee and Avalon (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/werribee-and-avalon-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.