Adaptations to increasing hydraulic stress: Morphology, hydrodynamics and fitness of two higher aquatic plant species

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 412, 2005, Pages 777-786

  Puijalon, Sara ^a   Bornette, Gudrun ^a   Sagnes, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Drag; Ecomorphology; Fitness; Hydraulic ecology; Hydrodynamic performance; Mechanical constraint; Morphological adaptation; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER; WIND EFFECTS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; HYDRAULIC STRESS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PLANT DRAG;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; APIACEAE; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; LAMIACEAE; RIVERS; WATER;

BERULA ERECTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MENTHA AQUATICA;

EID: 14544292602     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri063     Document Type: Article

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