Ecology of four turbid clay pans during a filling-drying cycle in the Paroo, semi-arid Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 479, Issue , 2002, Pages 95-107

  Hancock, Marty A ^a,b   Timms, Brian V ^c  

^a AVONDALE COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Australia)

^b Lindisfarne Anglican School   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Species richness; Succession; Temporary waters; Turbidity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; NUTRITION; TURBIDITY;

CLAY PANS; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EPHEMERAL POOL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TURBIDITY; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036663025     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021022700201     Document Type: Article

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