Hydrological modelling of tidal re-inundation of an estuarine wetland in south-eastern Australia

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  Haines, Philip ^a  

^a BMT WBM Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hexham Swamp; Hunter River; Hydrodynamic model; Tidal hydrology; TUFLOW; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ART AND SCIENCE; AUSTRALIA; CALLAWAY; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DENSE VEGETATION; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ESTUARINE WETLANDS; GROUND ELEVATION; HEXHAM SWAMP; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS; INCREMENTAL APPROACH; MODEL DOMAINS; NATURAL WETLAND; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; OBSERVED DATA; OPEN WATER; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PREDICTIVE CAPACITY; RESTORATION PROJECT; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; SALT MARSHES; TIDAL WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; TUFLOW; WETLAND HYDROLOGY; WETLAND RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION; FLOODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC GATES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTUARINE FRONT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84872661417     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.094     Document Type: Article

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