Morphological adaptations of emergent plants to water flow: A case study with Typha angustifolia, Zizania latifolia and Phragmites australis

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1991-2001

  Asaeda, Takashi ^a   Fujino, Takeshi ^a   Manatunge, Jagath ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clumping; Drag coefficient; Flow velocity; Litter accumulation; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DRAG; EMERGENCE; FLOW VELOCITY; LITTER; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHOOT GROWTH; WATER FLOW; ZONATION;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 33745207153     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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