The effect of alkalinity on photosynthesis-light curves and inorganic carbon extraction capacity of freshwater macrophytes

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-227

  Kahara, Sharon N ^a,b   Vermaat, Jan E ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ^*  (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic weeds; Dissolved inorganic carbon; P l curves; pH drift

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUATIC PLANT; BICARBONATE; INORGANIC CARBON; MACROPHYTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EGERIA DENSA; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; POTAMOGETON LUCENS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 0037372627     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00179-1     Document Type: Article

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