Effects of current velocity and substrate composition on growth of texas wildrice (Zizania texana)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Power, Paula ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Current velocity; Endangered; Macrophyte; Photosynthesis; Sediment; Texas wildrice; Zizania texana

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF;

ZIZANIA TEXANA;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENDANGERED PLANT; GROWTH; SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION; TEXAS WILDRICE;

USA, TEXAS, SPRING LAKE;

EID: 0030274124     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01073-X     Document Type: Article

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