Changing fluxes of sediments and salts as recorded in lower River Murray wetlands, Australia

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 306, 2006, Pages 416-424

  Gell, Peter ^a   Fluin, Jennie ^a   Tibby, John ^a   Haynes, Deborah ^a   Khanum, Syeda Ifteara ^a   Walsh, Brendan ^a   Hancock, Gary ^b   Harrison, Jennifer ^c   Zawadzki, Atun ^c   Little, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Flood plain; Phytoplankton; Salinization; Sedimentation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

DIATOMS; FLOOD PLAIN; PHYTOPLANKTONS; SALINIZATION;

WETLANDS;

CATCHMENT; DIATOM; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; OPEN WATER; OXIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECORD; SALT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33748427068     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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