Predicted response of coastal wetlands to climate changes: A Western Australian model

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 708, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-43

  Semeniuk, V ^a  

^a V and C Semeniuk Research Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal wetlands; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL WETLAND; LITERATURE REVIEW; WIND FORCING;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84889664124     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1159-0     Document Type: Review

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