Influence of water level variation on biomass and chemical composition of the aquatic macrophyte Eichhornia azurea (KUNTH) in an oxbow lake of the Rio Mogi-Guaçu (São Paulo, Brazil)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-432

  Camargo, A F M ^a   Esteves, F A ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA AZUREA;

EID: 0030040677     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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