Influence of freshwater macrophytes on the littoral ecosystem structure and function of a young Colorado reservoir

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  Cronin, Greg ^a,b   Lewis Jr , William M ^b   Schiehser, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cricotopus myriophylli; Ecosystem function; Littoral zone; Macrophyte; Milfoil; Myriophyllum sibiricum

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACHILLEA; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CRICOTOPUS; CRICOTOPUS MYRIOPHYLLI; INVERTEBRATA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM;

EID: 33646114082     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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