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Water quality, nutrient, phytoplankton and microcrustacean responses to watering of private wetlands in the Murray Valley, New South Wales

Water quality, nutrient, phytoplankton and microcrustacean responses to watering of private... WETLAND 3.25 Water quality, nutrient, phytoplankton and microcrustacean responses to watering of private wetlands in the Murray Valley, New South Wales. Sylvia Zukowski and Nick Whiterod (Murray‐Darling Freshwater Research Centre, PO Box 991, Wodonga, Vic. 3690, Australia; Tel: +61 2 60249650; Fax: +61 2 60597531; Email: S.Zukowski@latrobe.edu.au ). Key words: agriculture landscape , inundation , succession patterns , wetlands . Introduction Freshwater wetlands in Australia have become increasingly scarce and degraded in parallel with urban and rural expansion. The majority of those that remain exist as privately owned wetlands within the agriculture landscape. Many of these now experience disjointed wetting and drying cycles, often remaining permanently dry. However, wetting and drying cycles are widely acknowledged as critical for the many plants and animals that inhabit wetlands (i.e. Boulton & Jenkins 1998 ) and for their vital role in maintaining ecosystem integrity by stimulating lower trophic cycling processes ( Robertson 1999 ; Baldwin & Mitchell 2000 ). Following the inundation of wetland, a succession pattern of responses follows. Nutrient, carbon and organic matter are rapidly released from the sediment ( Robertson 1999 ; Baldwin & Mitchell 2000 ), stimulating primary productivity ( Junk 1989 ) and promoting booms of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecological Management & Restoration Wiley

Water quality, nutrient, phytoplankton and microcrustacean responses to watering of private wetlands in the Murray Valley, New South Wales

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© 2009 Ecological Society of Australia
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1442-7001
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WETLAND 3.25 Water quality, nutrient, phytoplankton and microcrustacean responses to watering of private wetlands in the Murray Valley, New South Wales. Sylvia Zukowski and Nick Whiterod (Murray‐Darling Freshwater Research Centre, PO Box 991, Wodonga, Vic. 3690, Australia; Tel: +61 2 60249650; Fax: +61 2 60597531; Email: S.Zukowski@latrobe.edu.au ). Key words: agriculture landscape , inundation , succession patterns , wetlands . Introduction Freshwater wetlands in Australia have become increasingly scarce and degraded in parallel with urban and rural expansion. The majority of those that remain exist as privately owned wetlands within the agriculture landscape. Many of these now experience disjointed wetting and drying cycles, often remaining permanently dry. However, wetting and drying cycles are widely acknowledged as critical for the many plants and animals that inhabit wetlands (i.e. Boulton & Jenkins 1998 ) and for their vital role in maintaining ecosystem integrity by stimulating lower trophic cycling processes ( Robertson 1999 ; Baldwin & Mitchell 2000 ). Following the inundation of wetland, a succession pattern of responses follows. Nutrient, carbon and organic matter are rapidly released from the sediment ( Robertson 1999 ; Baldwin & Mitchell 2000 ), stimulating primary productivity ( Junk 1989 ) and promoting booms of

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Published: Aug 1, 2009

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