Factors influencing the recovery of submersed macrophytes in four coastal marshes of lake Ontario

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 256-265

  Sager, Eric P S ^a   Whillans, Thomas H ^a   Fox, Michael G ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carp; Great Lakes coastal marshes; Macrophyte; Recovery; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COASTAL MARSH; RECOVERY; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTE; TURBIDITY;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 0031767589     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161661     Document Type: Article

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