Biodiversity of the wetlands of the Kakadu Region, northern Australia

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-399

  Finlayson, C Max ^a,b   Lowry, John ^a   Bellio, Maria Grazia ^a,b   Nou, Suthidha ^a,c   Pidgeon, Robert ^a   Walden, Dave ^a   Humphrey, Chris ^a   Fox, Gary ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c Parks Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Wetland fauna; Wetland vegetation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750596879     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-006-0852-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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