Benefits of clonal integration between interconnected ramets of Vallisneria spiralis in heterogeneous light environments

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Xiao, Keyan ^a   Yu, Dan ^a   Xu, Xinwei ^a   Xiong, Wen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Environmental heterogeneity; Morphological plasticity; Physiological integration; Vallisneria spiralis

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; MACROPHYTE; RAMET;

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 33751014011     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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