Response of estuarine wetlands to reinstatement of tidal flows

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-713

  Howe, Alice J ^a   Rodrguez, Joś F ^a   Spencer, Jennifer ^b   MacFarlane, Geoff R ^c   Saintilan, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hunter estuary; mangrove; migratory shorebirds; saltmarsh; south eastern Australia; wetland rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; DATUM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; FLOOD CONTROL; MANGROVE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL RANGE; WADER; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER ESTUARY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77954092775     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09171     Document Type: Review

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