Diatom and micro-invertebrate communities and environmental determinants in the western Australian wheatbelt: A response to salinization

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 528, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 229-248

  Blinn, Dean ^a   Halse, Stuart ^b   Pinder, Adrian ^b   Shiel, Russell ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; community ordination; diatoms; indicator species; land use; micro invertebrates; salinization; water quality; wetlands

Indexed keywords

DIATOMS; MICRO-INVERTEBRATE DISTRIBUTION; SALINIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; PH EFFECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

APOCYCLOPS; BACILLARIALES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIOPSIS; DAPHNIOPSIS QUEENSLANDENSIS; HANTZSCHIA; HANTZSCHIA AMPHIOXYS; INVERTEBRATA; MESOCHRA; MESOCHRA FLAVA; MINUSCULA; NAVICULA; NAVICULA MINUSCULA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA HYBRIDA; NITZSCHIA RECTA; OSTRACODA; PINNULARIA; TRYBLIONELLA; TRYBLIONELLA HUNGARICA;

EID: 7244260553     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2350-8     Document Type: Article

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