Changes in backwater plant communities from 1975 to 1995 in navigation pool 8, upper Mississippi River

River Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-129

  Tyser, Robin W ^a,b   Rogers, Sara J ^b   Owens, Thomas W ^b,c   Robinson, Larry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Disturbance; Diversity; Flood; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACKWATER; MACROPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035089751     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrr.609     Document Type: Article

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