Herbaceous wetlands of the yucatan peninsula: communities at extreme ends of environmental gradients

Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-252

  Reimánková, Eliška ^a,b,c   Pope, Kevin O ^a,b,c   Post, Rebecca ^a,b,c   Maltby, Edward ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladium; Eleocharis; Nutrients; Salinity; Typha; Water depth; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000650043     PISSN: 00209309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19960810208     Document Type: Article

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