Distribution of three submersed macrophytes in coastal lagoons of the German Baltic Sea: Comparison of laboratory and field data

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 386-395

  Eggert, Anja ^a   Ihnken, Sven ^a   Selig, Uwe ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^a   Schubert, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Depth distribution; Irradiance; Salinity; Spermatophytes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; FIELD SURVEY; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROPHYTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NAJAS MARINA; SPERMATOPHYTA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 33845574170     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.050     Document Type: Article

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