Ecological impacts of dams, water diversions and river management on floodplain wetlands in Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-127

  Kingsford, R T ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barmah Millewa Forest; Chowilia; Gwydir; Irrigation; Macquarie Marshes; Murray Darling Basin; Pumping; Regulation; Storage

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; RIVER ENGINEERING; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034062311     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01036.x     Document Type: Review

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