Depth limits and minimum light requirements of freshwater macrophytes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 553-568

  Middelboe, Anne Lise ^a   Markager, Stiig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; ISOETES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

DEPTH LIMIT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT REQUIREMENT; MACROPHYTE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0030617075     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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