Deoxygenation potential of the Richmond River Estuary floodplain, northern NSW, Australia

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 981-992

  Eyre, Bradley D ^a   Kerr, Geoffrey ^a   Sullivan, Leigh A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulphate soils; Deoxygenation; Fill kills; Floodplain vegetation; Modified drainage

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DECOMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; OXYGENATION; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; RICHMOND ESTUARY;

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 33751369183     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.950     Document Type: Article

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