Droughts and anti-droughts: The low flow hydrology of Australian rivers

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1147-1160

  McMahon, T A ^a   Finlayson, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti drought; Australian rivers; Drought; Low flows; Regulated rivers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOW REGULATION; LOW FLOW;

AUSTRALIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0038236625     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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