Modeling interactions of submersed plant biomass and environmental factors in a stream using structural equation modeling

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-193

  Hung, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Asaeda, Takashi ^b   Manatunge, Jagath ^b  

^a Vietnam Institute for Water Resources Research   (Viet Nam)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow velocity; LISREL; SEM; Submersed macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW VELOCITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANTS (BOTANY); STREAM FLOW;

LISREL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM); SUBMERSED MACROPHYTES;

BIOMASS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOMASS; STREAMFLOW; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

POTAMOGETON MALAIANUS; POTAMOGETON OXYPHYLLUS;

EID: 34047165299     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0526-0     Document Type: Article

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