Wave exposure related growth of epiphyton: Implications for the distribution of submerged macrophytes in eutrophic lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Strand, John A ^a   Weisner, Stefan E B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

distribution; epiphyton; eutrophic lakes; Potamogeton pectinatus; production; submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTIC ALGAE; EPIPHYTON; EUTROPHIC LAKE; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTE; WAVE EXPOSURE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0029660094     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00028271     Document Type: Article

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