A classification of floodplains and wetlands of the murray-darling basin based on changes in flows following water resource development

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-248

  Sims, Neil C ^a   Chariton, Anthony A ^a   Jin, Huidong ^a   Colloff, Matthew J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Flow change classification; Hydrology; River regulation; Similarity percentage analysis; Simper

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODPLAIN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84863726095     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0231-2     Document Type: Article

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