Modern and historical variation in aquatic macrophyte cover of billabongs associated with catchment development

River Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 497-512

  Ogden, Ralph W ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chydoridae; European settlement; Farm impact; Macrophytes; Palaeoecology; Sediments; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHYDORIDAE; CLADOCERA;

BILLABONG; FARMING SYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; PALEOECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033736597     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1646(200009/10)16:5<497::aid-rrr600>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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