River conservation in a changing world: Invertebrate diversity and spatial prioritisation in south-eastern coastal Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-311

  Turak, E ^a,b   Marchant, R ^c   Barmuta, L A ^d   Davis, J ^e   Choy, S ^f   Metzeling, L ^g  

^a NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^g GEPA Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; freshwater conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953170221     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09297     Document Type: Article

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