Species-specific responses of aquatic macrophytes to fish exclusion in a prairie marsh: A manipulative experiment

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 430-437

  Evelsizer, Vincent D ^a,b   Turner, Andrew M ^a  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomanipulation; Carp; Chara; Delta marsh; Macrophytes; Stuckenia; Turbidity; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CANADA; DELTA MARSH; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHARA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; STUCKENIA;

EID: 33845741982     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[430:SROAMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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