Physiological responses of transplants of the freshwater angiosperm Vallisneria americana along a salinity gradient in the Caloosahatchee Estuary (Southwestern Florida)

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 138-148

  Kraemer, George P ^a,c   Chamberlain, Robert H ^b   Doering, Peter H ^b   Steinman, Alan D ^b   Hanisak, M Dennis ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

CALOOSAHATCHEE ESTUARY; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032941685     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352934     Document Type: Article

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