Wetland plant communities of turloughs in southeast Galway/north Clare, Ireland in relation to environmental factors

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-30

  Regan, Eugenie C ^a   Skeffington, Micheline Sheehy ^a   Gormally, Mike J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Flood duration; Plant community; Seasonal wetland; Soil moisture; Soil P

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOOD; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLAND;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALWAY [COUNTY GALWAY]; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248232571     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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