The effects of a record flood on the aquatic vegetation of the Upper Mississippi River System: Some preliminary findings

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Spink, Andrew ^a,b   Rogers, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EMTC   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Mississippi; Myriophyllum; Potamogeton; Salix; Vallisneria

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARINUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM; PECTINATUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POTAMOGETON; SALIX; SCHOENOPLECTUS FLUVIATILIS; SCIRPUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; VALLISNERIA;

EID: 0030435060     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012734     Document Type: Article

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