Effects of snail grazing and nutrient release on growth of the macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum and Elodea canadensis and the filamentous green alga Cladophora sp.

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 479, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-94

  Pinowska, Agnieszka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filamentous algae; Herbivory; Macrophytes; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Snails

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS;

TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GRAZING; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CLADOPHORA; ELODEA CANADENSIS; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA TURRICULA; PULMONATA;

EID: 0036662924     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021070616130     Document Type: Article

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