What evidence exists for alternative ecological regimes in salinising wetlands?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1229-1248

  Sim, Lien L ^a   Davis, Jenny A ^a   Chambers, Jane M ^a   Strehlow, Karin ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic microbes; Regime shift; Salinity; Submerged macrophytes; Water regime

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FAUNA; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GERMINATION; MACROPHYTE; SALINITY; TURBIDITY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745083051     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01544.x     Document Type: Article

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