Changes in biotic communities developing from freshwater wetland sediments under experimental salinity and water regimes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1376-1390

  Brock, Margaret A ^a,b,d   Nielsen, Daryl L ^b,c   Crosslé, Katharine ^a,c  

^a Planning and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Eggs; Seeds; Wetlands; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIODIVERSITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744453455     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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