Groundwater dependent wetlands of the Gnangara groundwater system (Western Australia)

Authors/Creators

Ray H. Froend, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Pierre Horwitz, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Bea Sommer, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

This case study focuses on the inland, freshwater ecosystems of the Gnangara Groundwater System, principally those ecosystems with an interaction between surface water and groundwater or a dependence upon groundwater. It discusses the hydrology, water chemistry, soils and sediments, and plant and animal communities of groundwater dependent ecosystems, and the effects of climate change on them over the millenia. It also presents a synopsis of other changes to the ecosystems such as urbanization (and land use change), eutrophication, acidification and the effects of fire, and provides a prognosis for the ecosystems in the face of groundwater declines associated with climatic drying.

RAS ID

45089

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

2018

Volume

3

School

School of Science / Centre for People, Place and Planet

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Springer

Identifier

Ray Froend

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4749-1105

Pierre Horwitz

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8689-7888

Comments

Froend, R. H., Horwitz, P., & Sommer, B. (2018). Groundwater dependent wetlands of the Gnangara groundwater system (Western Australia). In C. Max Finlayson, G. Randy Milton, R. Crawford Prentice & N. C. Davidson (Eds.), The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation (pp. 1959-1966). Springer, Dordrecht.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_110

Recommended Citation

Froend, R. H., Horwitz, P., & Sommer, B. (2018). Groundwater dependent wetlands of the Gnangara groundwater system (Western Australia). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_110