Modelling of pristine depth limits for macrophyte growth in the southern Baltic Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 514, Issue , 2004, Pages 29-39

  Domin, André ^a   Schubert, Hendrik ^a   Krause, Jochen C ^a   Schiewer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Baltic Sea; Coastal and transitional waters; Depth limit; Ecology; Macrophyte distribution; Physiological tolerances; Underwater light attenuation; Water Framework Directive of the European Union (EU WFD); Water transparency

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

COASTAL WATERS; TYPOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH; MACROPHYTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; HALOPHILA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 1842424950     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018204.47081.ae     Document Type: Conference Paper

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