Groundwater dependent wetlands of the Gnangara groundwater system (Western Australia)
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation
Volume
3
First Page
1959
Last Page
1966
Publisher
Springer
School
School of Science / Centre for People, Place and Planet
RAS ID
45089
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.
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_110
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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