overbank flood condition flow habitat pressures. resetting) and the wetlands that establishment of occur in areas secondary that naturally pressures (e.g. have moderate weed infestation, levels of climatic water quality variability in decline, structural which biota have and composition preadapted to changes) have seasonal been avoided. stresses that will be enhanced under climate change. This capacity will be enhanced where flow regimes are partially supplied by groundwater contributions (that maintain flows and/or refugia) those associated with deeper aquifers (not as readily impacted by seasonal rainfall changes). wetlands that occur in large hydrologically connected catchments that extend across climatic zones and contain a
overbank flood flow habitat resetting) and the establishment of secondary pressures (e.g. weed infestation, water quality decline, structural and composition changes) have been avoided. condition pressures. wetlands that occur in areas that naturally have moderate levels of climatic variability in which biota have preadapted to seasonal stresses that will be enhanced under climate change. This capacity will be enhanced where flow regimes are partially supplied by groundwater contributions (that maintain flows and/or refugia) those associated with deeper aquifers (not as readily impacted by seasonal rainfall changes). wetlands that occur in large hydrologically connected catchments that extend across climatic zones and contain a
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