Seed germination of two Everglades species, Cladium jamaicense and Typha domingensis

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Lorenzen, Bent ^a   Brix, Hans ^a   McKee, Karen L ^b   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^c   Miao, Shili ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattail; Light requirement; Low oxygen; Macrophyte; Peat; Sawgrass; Sediment; Seed viability; Temperature requirement

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AQUATIC PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GERMINATION; LABORATORY METHOD;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GRASS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0034015724     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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