Reducing acidic discharges from coastal wetlands in eastern Australia

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-72

  White, I ^a   Melville, M D ^b   Wilson, B P ^c   Sammut, J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soils; Acidic outflows; Australian coastal wetlands; Drainage; Environmental impacts; Sulfide oxidation; Sulfidic sediments; Wetlands hydrology; Wetlands rehabilitation; Wetlands water balance

Indexed keywords

PANACEA;

EID: 0002351764     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008227421258     Document Type: Article

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