The relationship between sediment and water quality, and riverine sediment loads in the wave-dominated estuaries of south-west Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 581-596

  Radke, L C ^a   Prosser, I P ^b   Robb, M ^c   Brooke, B ^a   Fredericks, D ^a   Douglas, G B ^b   Skemstad, J ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Water and Rivers Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian National Land and Water Resources Audit; Chlorophyll a; Gully erosion; Harmful algal blooms; Pyrite; Riverbank erosion

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ESTUARY; NUTRIENT; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 5044221544     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04044     Document Type: Article

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