The influence of water transparency on the distribution and abundance of macrophytes among lakes of the Mackenzie Delta, Western Canadian Arctic

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2123-2135

  Squires, M M ^a   Lesack, L F W ^a   Huebert, D ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Floodplain lakes; Mackenzie Delta; Macrophyte biomass; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARCTIC;

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0036829771     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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