Ecological impacts and institutional and economic drivers for water resource development - A case study of the Murrumbidgee River, Australia

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-79

  Kingsford, R T ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Floodplain wetlands; Irrigation; Murray Darling Basin; River regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038711041     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980301480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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