Assessing and predicting the success of Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt, a rare European aquatic macrophyte, in relation to lake environmental conditions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 570, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Wingfield, Ruth ^a   Murphy, Kevin J ^b   Gaywood, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fitness; Lake; Macrophyte; Najas flexilis; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MACROPHYTES; NAJAS FLEXILIS; PLANT TRAITS; POPULATION SUCCESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

NAJAS FLEXILIS;

EID: 33748296113     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0165-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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