Shading of periphyton communities by wetland emergent macrophytes: Decoupling of algal photosynthesis from microbial nutrient retention

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-27

  Grimshaw, H J ^a   Wetzel, R G ^b   Brandenburg, M ^c   Segerblom, K ^c   Wenkert, L J ^a   Marsh, G A ^c   Charnetzky, W ^c   Haky, J E ^c   Carraher, C ^c  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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