Growth and resource allocation of water hyacinth as affected by gradually increasing nutrient concentrations

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-266

  Xie, Yonghong ^a   Wen, Mingzhang ^a   Yu, Dan ^a   Li, Yongke ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eichhornia crassipes; Nutrient; Plant growth; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS;

EID: 3142569432     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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