Climate-water quality relationships in three Western Victorian (Australia) lakes 1984-2000

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-234

  Tibby, J ^a   Tiller, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Climate change; Coherence; Nutrients; Palaeolimnology; Salinity; Salt lakes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC BIOTA; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; SALT LAKES;

ECOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MODELING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE BULLEN MERRI; LAKE COLAC; LAKE PURRUMBETE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34548158173     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0804-5     Document Type: Article

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