Ecological responses to variable water regimes in arid-zone wetlands: Coongie Lakes, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 832-841

  Puckridge, J T ^a   Costelloe, J F ^b   Reid, J R W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coongie Lakes; Cooper Creek; disease; diversity; dryland rivers; fish; flow regime; flow ecology correlations; macroinvertebrates; Ramsar; variability; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DOMINANCE; FISH; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW PATTERN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; COONGIE LAKES;

EID: 77955828923     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09069     Document Type: Article

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