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Kakadu’s wetlands: more change is afoot

A. A. Chariton A F , D. Williams B , A. D. L. Steven C and C. M. Finlayson D E
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A Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.

B Australian Institute of Marine Science, Sustainable Coastal Ecosystems and Industries in Tropical Australia, Arafura Timor Research Facility, Casuarina, NT 0810, Australia.

C CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Business Unit, Queensland BioSciences Precinct, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia.

D Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia.

E IHE Delft, Institute for Water Education, NL-2601 DA, Delft, Netherlands.

F Corresponding author: anthony.chariton@mq.edu.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 69(7) iii-v https://doi.org/10.1071/MFv69n7_ED
Published: 19 June 2018


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