Effects of hydrological variation on the aquatic plant community in a floodplain palustrine wetland of southern Brazil

Limnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-28

  Maltchik, Leonardo ^a   Rolon, Ana Silvia ^a   Schott, Patrícia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drawdown; Flood; Macrophyte; Neotropical region; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRAWDOWN; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MACROPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247571041     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-006-0192-y     Document Type: Article

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