Experimental studies on the recovery potential of submerged aquatic vegetation after flooding and desiccation in a large subtropical lake

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-151

  Harwell, Matthew C ^a,b   Havens, Karl E ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b ARM Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Chara spp.; Florida; Lake Okeechobee; Seed bank; Seedling emergence; Vallisneria americana

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOODING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

FLORIDA; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

CHARA; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 0141788037     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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