Ecosystem changes on the River Murray floodplain over the last 100 years and predictions of climate change

From Headwaters to the Ocean: Hydrological Changes and Watershed Management - Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrological Changes and Management from Headwaters to the Ocean, HYDROCH

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 599-604

  Overton, I C ^a   Doody, T M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floodplain ecosystem; Hydrology; River Murray; Vegetation health; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DOMESTIC WATER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FLOOD INDEX; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; RETURN PERIODS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MURRAY; RIVER REGULATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TIME-PERIODS; TREE SPECIES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER STORAGE; WATER USERS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79952349817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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