Competitive interactions between Eurasian watermilfoil and northern watermilfoil in experimental tanks

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-126

  Valley, Rahman D ^a,b   Newman, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Depth; Ecology; Growth; Myriophyllum sibiricum; Myriophyllum spicatum; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032263377     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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