Morphological characteristics of on-farm water storages and their similarity to natural water bodies in the border rivers catchment, Australia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-57

  Lutton, Susan ^a,b   Sheldon, Fran ^a   Bunn, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cotton Catchment Communities CRC ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat; Biodiversity; Classification; Natural wetlands; On farm storages

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; EMBANKMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 73249143087     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1072     Document Type: Article

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