Plant communities in lowland Danish streams: Species composition and environmental factors

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 255-272

  Riis, Tenna ^a   Sand Jensen, Kaj ^a   Vestergaard, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Denmark; Stream plant communities; Stream size; Weed cutting

Indexed keywords

WATER;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; STREAM;

ALKALINITY; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SPECIES; VEGETATION;

DENMARK;

BATRACHIUM; CALLITRICHE; MYRIOPHYLLUM ALTERNIFLORUM; POTAMOGETON; SPARGANIUM;

EID: 0034103925     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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