Drought and aquatic community resilience: The role of eggs and seeds in sediments of temporary wetlands

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1207-1218

  Brock, Margaret A ^a,b,g   Nielsen, Daryl L ^a,c,h   Shiel, Russell J ^a,c,f   Green, John D ^d   Langley, John D ^e  

^a EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

^h NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Egg bank; Seed bank; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT; SEED BANK; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037630704     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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