Distribution of aquatic plants in relation to environmental factors in the Nile Delta

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-86

  Khedr, Abdel Hamid A ^a   El Demerdash, Mohamed A ^b  

^a Damietta University   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Canals; Classification; Diversity; Drains; Macrophytes; Ordination

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PLANT GROWTH; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; CLASSIFICATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EGYPT, NILE DELTA;

AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; CERATOPHYLLACEAE; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; ECHINOCHLOA STAGNINA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HALORAGACEAE; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; PONTEDERIACEAE; POTAMOGETON CRISPUS; POTAMOGETON NODOSUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETONACEAE; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; TYPHACEAE;

EID: 0030618664     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01090-X     Document Type: Article

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