An assessment of the impacts of timber plantations on water quality and biodiversity values of Marbellup Brook, Western Australia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 941-953

  Stewart, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Blue gum plantations; Monitoring; Riparian condition; River health; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; MONITORING; TIMBER; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY VALUES; BLUE GUM; DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS; DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIPARIAN CONDITION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER HEALTH;

RIVERS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; LOGGING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 79151474527     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1436-1     Document Type: Article

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