Assessing the ecological health of estuaries in Australia
Deeley, D. M.1999
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Australia covers a wide range of geographical and climatic regions from the northern topics to cool southern temperate regions and the Mediterranean climate of the southwest.
Main title:
Assessing the ecological health of estuaries in Australia / by D.M. Deeley and E.I. Paling
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Imprint:
Canberra ACT Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation Jul 1999
Collation:
132 pages maps
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Notes:
Includes bibliographies.
Contents:
The concept pf ecological health - Health the human condition: an appropriate analigy? - Australian estuaries - Factors influencing the distribution of estuarine biota -- Estuarine geonorphology - Temperature and light - Water balance - Dissolved constituents in estuaries - Sediments - Distribution of biota in estuaries -- Natural stressors and biotic communities - feedback effects of biota on habitats - Impact of urban and rural development on the distribution of estuarine biota - Ecological health assessment in estuaries - Utility of biota for indicating the ecological health of estuaries
Dewey class:
333.9164 ASS
Language:
English
BRN:
134427