The impact of regulation and salinisation on floodplain lakes: The lower River Murray, Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-146

  Gell, Peter ^a   Tibby, John ^a   Little, Fiona ^a   Baldwin, David ^a   Hancock, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Floodplain lakes; Palaeolimnology; River regulation; Salinisation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENTS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS;

DIATOMS; FLOODPLAIN LAKES; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; RIVER REGULATION;

LAKES;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTA; DIATOM; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SALINIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LOCH LUNA; MURRAY RIVER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HASLEA;

EID: 34548146002     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0806-3     Document Type: Article

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