Multiple stressors and regime shifts in shallow aquatic ecosystems in antipodean landscapes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 5-18

  Davis, Jenny ^a   Sim, Lien ^b   Chambers, Jane ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological surprises; Irreversible change; Multiple stressors; Regime shifts; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549124792     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02376.x     Document Type: Article

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