Assessing the potential for biotic communities to recolonise freshwater wetlands affected by sulfidic sediments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2299-2315

  Ning, Nathan S P ^a,b   Nielsen, Daryl L ^b,c   Baldwin, Darren S ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soils; Aquatic plants; Rehabilitation; Wetlands; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053654916     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02657.x     Document Type: Article

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