The role of coastal floodplains in generating sediment and nutrient fluxes to the great barrier reef lagoon in Australia

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 183-194

  Wallace, Jim ^a   Stewart, Lachlan ^a   Hawdon, Aaron ^a   Keen, Rex ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floods; Marine pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TULLY;

EID: 70349385968     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-009-0014-z     Document Type: Article

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