The effect of a single burn event on the aquatic invertebrates in artesian springs

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 837-847

  Munro, Nicola Therese ^a,b   Kovac, Kelli Jo ^b   Niejalke, Darren ^b   Cunningham, Ross B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Artesian spring; Fire; Great Artesian Basin; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN;

AMPHIPODA; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; OSTRACODA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 70450272553     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01989.x     Document Type: Article

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