Wetlands as landscape units: Spatial patterns in salinity and water chemistry

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Smith, Michael J ^a   Schreiber, E Sabine G ^b   Kohout, Michele ^a   Ough, Keely ^a   Lennie, Ruth ^a   Turnbull, Derek ^a   Jin, Changhao ^a   Clancy, Tim ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Environmental Water Reserve and River Health Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non riverine wetlands; Salinity; Secondary salinisation; Spatial variation; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847617076     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9015-5     Document Type: Article

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