Distribution and environmental regulation of species of Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium in British rivers

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-525

  Spink, A J ^a,b   Murphy, K J ^c   Westlake, D F ^a  

^a CEH River Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATRACHIUM; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 0030805008     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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