The terminal lakes of the Murray River, Australia, were predominantly fresh before large-scale upstream water abstraction: Evidence from sedimentary diatoms and hydrodynamical modelling

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 835; p. 155225
• Main Authors: Tibby, J., Haynes, D., Gibbs, M., Mosley, L., Bourman, R.P., Fluin, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.08.2022
• Subjects: Australia; Bacillariophyceae; basins; Diatom; environment; Environmental flows; Environmental water; freshwater; Holocene; hydrodynamics; irrigated farming; Murray-Darling basin; natural history; river flow; rivers; salinity; seawater; water allocation; Water management; watersheds; wetlands; Australia; Diatom; Water management; Environmental water; Holocene; Environmental flows; Murray-Darling basin

The Murray River is Australia's longest river, draining the continent's largest exoreic catchment. The river is Australia's most economically valuable, but is highly degraded by water extraction. The Murray River's terminal lakes, Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, formed following th...