Macroinvertebrate cycles of decline and recovery in Swan Coastal Plain (Western Australia) wetlands affected by drought-induced acidification

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 624, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Sommer, Bea ^a   Horwitz, Pierre ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial augmentation; Drought induced acidification; Macroinvertebrates; Recovery; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL AUGMENTATION; DROUGHT-INDUCED ACIDIFICATION; GROUND-WATER MOUNDS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PAPER DOCUMENTS; RECOVERY STRATEGIES; REGIONAL GROUNDWATERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

WETLANDS;

ACIDIFICATION; COASTAL WETLAND; DROUGHT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OXIDATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CHYDORIDAE; CORIXIDAE; DAPHNIIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; ISOPODA; MACROTRICHIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 60449103104     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9692-6     Document Type: Article

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