The impact of tourism on dune lakes on Fraser Island, Australia

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-26

  Hadwen, Wade L ^a   Arthington, Angela H ^a   Mosisch, Thorsten D ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dune lakes; Eutrophication; Fraser Island; Impacts; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DUNE; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TOURISM; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; FRASER ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037799389     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1770.2003.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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