Impacts of different weed cutting practices on macrophyte species diversity and composition in a Danish stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-114

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Riis, Tenna ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Lowland streams; Potamogeton natans; Ranunculus sp.; Stream macrophytes; Weed cutting

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROPHYTE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WEED CONTROL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON NATANS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 16544369614     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.722     Document Type: Article

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