The influence of sediments on soft bottom vegetation in inner coastal waters of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Selig, Uwe ^a   Schubert, Manfred ^a   Eggert, Anja ^a   Steinhardt, Tim ^b   Sagert, Sigrid ^a   Schubert, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; brackish water; charophyte; eutrophication; macrophyte; sediment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CHAROPHYTE; COASTAL WATER; GRAIN SIZE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NAJAS MARINA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA;

EID: 33845582098     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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