An 1800-year water-quality and vegetation record from Junction Park Billabong, Murray River, Australia: an assessment of European impacts and sensitivity to climate

The Murray River is Australia’s economically most important river system. As a result of its economic importance, land use change and river regulation have resulted in ecological degradation of the river and associated river wetlands (known throughout Australia as “billabongs”). Palaeolimnology can provide otherwise unobtainable information about the relative impacts of stressors and identify “refuges” from such impacts. We examine an...