Vascular plants as engineers of oxygen in aquatic systems

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Caraco, Nina ^a   Cole, Jonathan ^a,b   Findlay, Stuart ^a   Wigand, Cathleen ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b American Society of Limnology and Oceanography   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Ecosystem engineers; Vascular aquatic plants

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33644922635     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0219:VPAEOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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