Morphological traits and spatial heterogeneity of aquatic plants along sediment and depth gradients, Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-299

  Lehmann, A ^a   Castella, E ^a   Lachavanne, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Lake littoral; Morphological traits; Potamogeton; Sediment; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; SEDIMENT; SWITZERLAND;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; LITTORAL ZONE; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; WATER DEPTH;

SWITZERLAND, LAKE GENEVA;

POTAMOGETON LUCENS; POTAMOGETON PERFOLIATUS; POTAMOGETONACEAE;

EID: 0030618446     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01078-9     Document Type: Article

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