Extreme water level decline effects sediment distribution and composition in Lake Alexandrina, South Australia

Limnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-126

  Skinner, Dominic ^a,b   Oliver, Rod ^c   Aldridge, Kane ^a   Brookes, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Drought; Sediment redistribution; Sediment resuspension; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHONY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; DRAWDOWN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE ALEXANDRINA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84898005829     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-013-0422-z     Document Type: Article

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