Substratum stability associated with the riverine macrophyte Justicia americana

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1630-1639

  Fritz, Ken M ^a,b   Feminella, Jack W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical force; Disturbance; Justicia americana; Macrophyte; Substratum stability

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; FLOODING; MACROPHYTE; REFUGE; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CERATOPHYLLUM; ELIMIA; GASTROPODA; JUSTICIA; JUSTICIA AMERICANA; PODOSTEMUM CERATOPHYLLUM;

EID: 0141426609     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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