The effects of salinity on aquatic plant germination and zooplankton hatching from two wetland sediments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2214-2223

  Nielsen, Daryl L ^a,c,d   Brock, Margaret A ^b,c   Crosslé, Katharine ^b   Harris, Ken ^b   Healey, Michael ^b,c   Jarosinski, Irene ^b  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Plan Nat Rsrc   (Australia)

^c EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Eggs; Salinity; Seeds; Wetlands; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GERMINATION; HATCHING; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0347695854     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01146.x     Document Type: Review

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