Long-term responses of aquatic macrophyte diversity and community structure to variation in nitrogen loading

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-52

  Tracy, M ^a,b   Montante, J M ^a   Allenson, T E ^a,c   Hough, R A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Detroit Mercy   (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Macrophytes; Nitrogen loading

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EAST GRAHAM LAKE; MICHIGAN; SHOE LAKE; UNITED STATES;

CERATOPHYLLUM; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM;

EID: 0042239491     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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