Drag and reconfiguration of freshwater macrophytes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-283

  Sand Jensen, Kaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drag; Freshwater macrophytes; Physical forces; Reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC PLANT; DRAG; FLOW VELOCITY; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0037315054     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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