Growth and morphology of Scirpus lacustris and S. maritimus seedlings as affected by water level and light availability

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-296

  Clevering, O A ^a   Blom, C W P M ^b   Van Vierssen, W ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergent macrophytes; Heterophylly; Plant size; Relative growth rate; Shading; Submergence

Indexed keywords

SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPACEAE; SCIRPUS LACUSTRIS; SCIRPUS MARITIMUS;

LIGHT; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 0030442561     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389855     Document Type: Article

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