La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Influence of Catchment Condition and water resource development on waterbird assemblages in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
Auteurs :	Julian R. W. Reid, Auteur ; Matthew J. Colloff, Auteur ; Anthony D. Arthur, Auteur ; Heather M. McGinness, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Biological Conservation (165 SEP 2013)
Article en page(s) :	25-34
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	River regulation and water resource development have resulted in significant deterioration in aquatic ecosystems worldwide, including reductions in wetland extent, changed flow regimes, and declines in biodiversity. The impacts on the composition and distribution of waterbird assemblages has not been studied previously at the scale of a major river basin. We investigated the relationship between waterbird assemblage composition and ecosystem health across the 21 catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin in south-east Australia, which contains major wetlands that have been adversely affected by river regulation and over-allocation of water for irrigation. We allocated 51,000 surveys of

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