Monitoring the hydrological impact of land use change in a small agricultural catchment affected by dryland salinity in central NSW, Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Crosbie, Russell S ^a,b   Hughes, Justin D ^a,b,c   Friend, John ^a   Baldwin, Basil J ^d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity ^*  (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Land use change; Recharge; Runoff

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

DRYLAND SALINITY; GROUNDWATER MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING;

AGRICULTURE; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BOOROWA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33846193598     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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