Environmental influences on aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-136

  Lacoul, Paresh ^a   Freedman, Bill ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants (aquatic macrophytes); Environmental factors; Environmental indicators; Environmental stressors

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLASTICITY; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC PLANTS (AQUATIC MACROPHYTES); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; ICE COVER; POLYMORPHISM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 33746681192     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A06-001     Document Type: Review

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