Groundwater ecosystems vary with land use across a mixed agricultural landscape

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-390

  Korbel, K L ^a,f   Hancock, P J ^b   Serov, P ^c,d   Lim, R P ^a,f   Hose, G C ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Water Resources Group   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d NSW Office of Environment and Heritage   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Cotton Catchment Communities CRC ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SURFACE ACTIVITIES;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FAUNA; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL; WATER QUALITY; AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS;

EID: 84874951214     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0018     Document Type: Article

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