Vegetation dynamics and primary production in saline, lacustrine wetlands of a rocky mountain basin

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-39

  Hart, E Andrew ^a   Lovvorn, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Periphyton; Primary production; Production models; Rocky Mountain wetlands; Saline lakes; Saline wetlands; Submersed macrophytes; Vegetation dynamics; Wetland states

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ALGA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINE LAKE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT GROWTH; SALINITY; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

CHARA; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 0033991660     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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