Photosynthetic plasticity in Potamogeton pectinatus L. from Argentina: Strategies to survive adverse light conditions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Hootsmans, M J M ^a   Drovandi, A A ^b   Soto Perez, N ^c   Wiegman, F ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute of Hydric Science and Technology   (Argentina)

^c SEMAPA   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

light climate manipulation; photosynthesis; Potamogeton pectinatus; turbidity; weed management

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); CYPRINUS CARPIO; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 0030441090     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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