Clonal plasticity of vallisneria spiralis in response to substrate heterogeneity

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-38

  Xiao, Keyan ^a   Yu, Dan ^a   Wang, Jinwang ^a   Xiong, Wen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CLONAL GROWTH; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLASTICITY; SUBSTRATE;

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 33645374318     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2006.9664093     Document Type: Article

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