Vallisneria americana (Hydrocharitaceae) as a biomonitor of aquatic ecosystems: Comparison of cloned genotypes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1743-1751

  Blernacki, Magie ^a   Lovett Doust, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic rooted macrophyte; Biomonitors; Contaminants; Genotypes; Hydrocharitaceae; Leaf to root surface area ratio; Tolerance; Vallisneria

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CLONAL PLANT; CONTAMINATION TOLERANCE; PLANT PERFORMANCE;

CANADA; HURON-ERIE CORRIDOR; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO; USA;

HYDROCHARITACEAE; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0031457224     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446474     Document Type: Article

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