Macrophyte species changes in the Everglades: Examination along a eutrophication gradient

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1347-1358

  Vaithiyanathan, P ^a   Richardson, C J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

EUTROPHICATION GRADIENT; EVERGLADES; FLOATING PLANTS; MACROPHYTE SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ACROSTICHUM; ACROSTICHUM DANAEIFOLLUM; CHARA ZEYLANICA; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; ELEOCHARIS ELONGATA; FUNASTRUM CLAUSUM; MIKANIA SCANDENS; NYMPHAEA ODORATA; POLYGONUM; SARCOSTEMMA; SARCOSTEMMA CLAUSUM; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA PURPUREA;

EID: 0032811806     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800040040x     Document Type: Article

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