Salinity tolerance of riverine microinvertebrates from the southern Murray-Darling Basin

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1019-1031

  Kefford, Ben J ^a   Fields, Elizabeth J ^a   Clay, Colin ^a,b   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microcrustaceans; Newnhamia fenestra; Salinisation; Simocephalus; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TOXICITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

COELENTERATA; HYDRA VIRIDIS; SIMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 36749044268     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06046     Document Type: Article

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