Impact of oxygen released by the roots of aquatic macrophytes on composition and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in a mesocosm experiment

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 567-584

  Ságová Marecková, Markéta ^a,b   Kvet, Jan ^b  

^a Dept of Hydrobiology   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Oxygen concentrations; Root zone; Sediment type

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; OXYGEN; ROOT; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0036908916     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/155/2002/567     Document Type: Article

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