Nutrient availability and the carnivorous habit in Utricularia vulgaris

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 500-509

  Kibriya, Sadia ^a   Jones, J Iwan ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladderwort; Carnivorous plant; Investment; Macrophyte; Nutrients; Prey; Traps; Utricularia vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CARNIVORY; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS;

UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 33846908060     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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