Effects of sediment nutrients and depth on small-scale spatial heterogeneity of submersed macrophyte communities in Lake Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1493-1502

  Johnson, R K ^a,b   Ostrofsky, M L ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPTH; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT;

LAKE PLEASANT; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ELODEA CANADENSIS; HETERANTHERA; HETERANTHERA DUBIA; MEGALODONTA BECKII; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM EXALBESCENS; NAJAS; NAJAS FLEXILIS; POTAMOGETON; VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 11444270470     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-081     Document Type: Article

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