Morphological and reproductive acclimations to growth of two charophyte species in shallow and deep water

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-401

  Asaeda, Takashi ^a   Rajapakse, Lalith ^a   Sanderson, Brian ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chara fibrosa; Nitella hyalina; Seasonal variation; Shoot length

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS; CHAROPHYTE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROPAGULE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MYALL LAKE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CHARA; CHARA FIBROSA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; NITELLA; NITELLA HYALINA;

EID: 33947137375     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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