Water

Publications

Importance of Flood Flows to the Productivity of Dryland Rivers and Their Floodplains

Final Report
Prof P.M. Davies, Prof S. E. Bunn and Ms F. Balcombe
Environment Australia, 2003

References

Australian Agriculture Assessment (2001). National Land and Water Resources Audit. Volume 1. ISBN 0 642 37129 6.

Bott, T. L., Brock, J. T., Dunn, C. S., Naiman, R. J., Ovink, R. W. & Peterson, R. C. (1985). Benthic community metabolism in four temperate stream systems: An inter-biome comparison and evaluation of the river continuum concept. Hydrobiol. 123: 3-45.

Bunn, S.E., Davies, P. M., & Winning, M.A. (2003) Sources of organic carbon supporting the food web of an arid zone floodplain river Freshwater Biology 48: 1-17

Acknowledgements

Field assistance was given by Robert Ashdown, Stephen Balcombe, Simon Bennett, Ian Craig, Christine Fellows, Stephen Hamilton, Claire McKenny, James Udy and Michelle Winning.

Many thanks for assistance and advice provided by Sandy and Anne Kidd, Dude Kidd, Winger, State Emergency Services Windorah, Western Star Hotel Windorah.

Additional scientific expertise provided by Frances D'Souza, Stephen Hamilton and James Udy. Photography by Robert Ashdown.

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