A common parched future? Research and management of Australian arid-zone floodplain wetlands

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 552, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-73

  Jenkins, Kim M ^a   Boulton, Andrew J ^a   Ryder, Darren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland rivers; Hydrology; River regulation; Scale; Scientific transfer; Water regime

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

DRYLAND RIVERS; RIVER REGULATION; SCALE; SCIENTIFIC TRANSFER; WATER REGIME;

WETLANDS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RESOURCE USE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644496650     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1505-6     Document Type: Review

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