Temporal changes between ecological regimes in a range of primary and secondary salinised wetlands

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 552, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-31

  Strehlow, Karin ^a   Davis, Jenny ^a   Sim, Lien ^a   Chambers, Jane ^a   Halse, Stuart ^b   Hamilton, David ^c   Horwitz, Pierre ^d   McComb, Arthur ^a   Froend, Ray ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Conservation and Land Management ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Ecological regimes; Macroinvertebrates; Salinisation; Submerged macrophytes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVAPORATION; RAIN; WATER;

ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATES; ECOLOGICAL REGIMES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALINISATION; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ECOLOGY;

BENTHOS; LAND USE CHANGE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

LAMPROTHAMNIUM; LEPILAENA; RUPPIA;

EID: 27644431826     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1502-9     Document Type: Article

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