Potential role of propagule banks in the development of aquatic vegetation in backwaters along navigation canals

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-69

  Boedeltje, Ger ^a   Bakker, Jan P ^a   Ter Heerdt, Gerard N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canal bank restoration; Re vegetation; Seed bank; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; CANAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

NETHERLANDS;

JUNCUS; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 0042239489     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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