Can we improve management practice of floodplain lakes using cladoceran zooplankton?

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1113-1120

  Kattel, G R ^a  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cladoceran; Climate change; Ecosystem; Floodplain lake management; Transfer function; Water quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867347285     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1527     Document Type: Article

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