The influence of water level fluctuations on the potential for convective flow in the emergent macrophytes Typha domingensis and Phragmites australis

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-376

  White, Sean D ^a   Deegan, Brian M ^a   Ganf, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk flow; Internal pressurisation; O2 transport; Plant aeration; Resistance; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; CONVECTION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ELEVATION; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MACROPHYTE; OXYGEN; REEDBED; TOLERANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 33947128821     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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