River-aquifer interactions and their relationship to stygofauna assemblages: A case study of the Gwydir River alluvial aquifer (New South Wales, Australia)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 479-480, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 292-305

  Mencio A ^a   Korbel, K L ^b   Hose, G C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Groundwater ecosystem; Human impacts; Surface water groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; HUMAN IMPACT; HYDROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROCHEMICAL MODELING; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTION; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

NITRATE;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUIFER; ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVER WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYDROLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREAM (RIVER); STYGOFAUNA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA; GWYDIR VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN IMPACTS; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INVERTEBRATES; NEW SOUTH WALES; NITRATES; RIVERS; SALINITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896736696     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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