The measurement of gas spaces in the roots of aquatic plants - Archimedes revisited

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 255-261

  Curran, Mark ^a   James, Peter ^a   Allaway, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Archimedes; Avicennia marina; Displacement; Gas space; Pycnometer; Upthrust

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 0030198744     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01049-2     Document Type: Article

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