Major disturbance to aquatic ecosystems in the South Island, New Zealand, following human settlement in the Late Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 668-678

  Woodward, Craig ^a   Shulmeister, James ^a   Zawadzki, Atun ^b   Jacobsen, Geraldine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian Nuclear and Science Technology Organisation   (Australia)

Author keywords

chironomid; deforestation; Holocene; human impact; lake; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLY; FOREST CLEARANCE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SLUMPING; WATER DEPTH; WATER YIELD;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84901005020     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614526935     Document Type: Article

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