Domain shifts in the aquatic vegetation of shallow urban lakes: The relative roles of low light and anoxia in the catastrophic loss of the submerged angiosperm Vallisneria americana

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 749-758

  Morris, Kay ^a   Harrison, Katherine A ^a   Bailey, Paul C E ^a   Boon, Paul I ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azolla; Floating plants

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; LAKE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SHADING; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AZOLLA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 12244265764     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF03193     Document Type: Article

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