A history of aquatic plants in the Coorong, a Ramsar-listed coastal wetland, South Australia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-635

  Dick, J ^a   Haynes, D ^a   Tibby, J ^a   Garcia, A ^b   Gell, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diatom; Foraminfera; Holocene; Human impact; Macrofossil; Ruppia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CHAROPHYTE; COASTAL WETLAND; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NANOFOSSIL; OSTRACOD; PALEOECOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SKEWNESS;

AUSTRALIA; COORONG; MURRAY RIVER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHARALES; FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA; RUPPIA; RUPPIA MEGACARPA; TUBEROSA;

EID: 82255191914     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9510-4     Document Type: Article

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