Factors influencing biomass and nutrient content of the submersed macrophyte Egeria densa Planch. in a pampasic stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Feijoó, Claudia S ^a,b   Momo, Fernando R ^a   Bonetto, Carlos A ^c   Tur, Nuncia M ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

biomass; nutrients; sediment; submersed macrophytes

Indexed keywords

EGERIA DENSA; HYDROCHARITACEAE;

BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; SUBMERSED MACROPHYTE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0030299140     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00012299     Document Type: Article

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