Fish Kill Events and Habitat Losses of the Richmond River, NSW Australia: An Overview

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 216-221

  Dawson, Katryna ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

land clearance; land management; mangroves; oxygen depletion; river recovery; seagrasses

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 13944276066     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036-36.sp1.216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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