Potential effects of climate change on Australian estuaries and fish utilising estuaries: A review

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1115-1131

  Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a   Elsdon, Travis S ^b   Halliday, Ian A ^c   Jenkins, Gregory P ^d   Robins, Julie B ^c   Valesini, Fiona J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

estuarine mouth; freshwater; marine; salinity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053099653     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11047     Document Type: Review

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