The impact of salinity pulses on the emergence of plant and zooplankton from wetland seed and egg banks

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 784-795

  Nielsen, Daryl L ^a   Brock, Margaret A ^b,c   Petrie, Rochelle ^a   Crosslé, Katharine ^a  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Department of Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Eggs; Salinity; Seeds; Wetlands; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247530796     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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