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• Global typologies of coastal wetland status to inform conservation and management (2021)

• IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology v 2.0 (2020) and Global Ecosystem Typology Website, plus UNSW 2022 article

• Summary and Review of Approaches to Bioregionalisation and Classification of Aquatic Ecosystems within Australia and Internationally (2008)

• Bioregional Frameworks for Assessment of Freshwater Biodiversity in Australia (2002)

• Ecohydrological regionalisation of Australia: A tool for management and science (2009)

• Towards the classification and regionalisation of water-dependent ecosystems in the MDB (2010) Click here

• In addition to the above the Queensland Department of Environment and Science have developed Freshwater Biogeographic Provinces (FBP's) For the methodology refer https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/aquatic-ecosystems-natural/riverine/ Scroll down to section on riverine ecosystems.
  Conceptual models at Province level also exist for:
  • Lake Eyre and Bulloo
  • Central
  • Murray-Darling
  • South East
  • Wallum
  • Wet Tropics
  • Western Cape and Gulf