Influence of sediment fertility on morphological variability of Vallisneria spiralis L.

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Wang, Jinwang ^a   Yu, Dan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic clonal plant; Biomass allocation; Heterogeneous nutrient patch; Homogeneous nutrient patch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; FERTILITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEDIMENT;

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 34250810308     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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