Effects of motor boats on submerged aquatic macrophytes

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Asplund, Timothy R ^a   Cook, Chad M ^b  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Motor boats; Recreational impacts; Submerged plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004704682     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149709354290     Document Type: Article

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