Bibliography of research and data relevant to marine environmental management of Australias North West Shelf.

The West Australia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) initiated a North West Shelf (NWS) Marine Environmental Management Study in 1998 to develop and consolidate the technical information base, scientific understanding and predictive capabilities required to underpin environmental decision making in both the public and private sectors. Documents, reports and scientific publications pertinent to the North West Shelf are abundant, but vary widely in scope and the degree of relevance to environmental management. Much of the information is from industries and associated government departments involved in exploiting and managing resources, and much of it has been activity specific and/or site specific in nature. This has created rich pockets of specialist knowledge but, unfortunately, the information has not been integrated across industries, government departments or scientific disciplines. Such integration is attractive, but difficult to achieve. As an example, the petroleum industry initiated its own review in the early 1990s to coordinate the then state of knowledge among its members, but has recently identified the need to revisit the process. As a first step in the North West Shelf Marine Environmental Management Study, DEP commissioned the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Marine Research to conduct a compilation and review of scientific research and data related to the North West Shelf marine environment. This bibliography is one product of that effort; it provides a compilation of published and unpublished literature generally related to the North West Shelf marine environment and its management. The second product, a review of scientific research and identification of important knowledge gaps, appears as a separate report by Heyward, Revill, and Sherwood (2006), titled Review of Research and Data Relevant to Marine Environmental Management of Australias North West Shelf.

西澳大利亚州环境保护部（West Australia Department of Environmental Protection，DEP）于1998年启动西北大陆架（North West Shelf，NWS）海洋环境管理研究，旨在构建并整合技术信息库、科学认知与预测能力，为公共及私营部门的环境决策提供支撑。当前与西北大陆架相关的文件、报告及科学出版物数量颇丰，但在研究范围与环境管理相关性程度上差异显著。其中多数信息来自参与资源开发与管理的产业及相关政府部门，且大多具有特定活动或特定场地的属性。这虽形成了丰富的专业知识储备，但遗憾的是，这些信息并未在不同产业、政府部门或科学学科间实现整合。此类整合虽极具价值，却难以实现。例如，石油产业曾于20世纪90年代初启动自有审查工作，以协调当时成员间的知识现状，但近期又提出了重新审视该流程的需求。作为西北大陆架海洋环境管理研究的第一步，环境保护部委托澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（Australian Institute of Marine Science，AIMS）与联邦科学与工业研究组织（Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation，CSIRO）海洋研究分部，开展针对西北大陆架海洋环境相关科学研究与数据的编纂与综述工作。本参考书目即为该项工作的成果之一，它汇编了与西北大陆架海洋环境及其管理相关的已发表及未发表文献。第二项成果为科学研究综述与重要知识缺口识别报告，以Heyward、Revill与Sherwood（2006）的独立报告形式呈现，标题为《澳大利亚西北大陆架海洋环境管理相关研究与数据综述》。