The ecology of sewage treatment gradients in relation to their use by waterbirds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 534, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 91-108

  Hamilton, Andrew J ^a,b   Robinson, Wayne ^a   Taylor, Iain R ^a   Wilson, Ben P ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sewage; Waterbirds; Waterfowl; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; OXYGEN; PONDING;

FOOD-SOURCE; WATERBIRDS; ZOOPLANKTONS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; VICTORIA;

EID: 17644386249     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1415-z     Document Type: Article

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