Differential effects of water depth and sediment type on clonal growth of the submersed macrophyte Vallisneria natans

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Xiao, Keyan ^a   Yu, Dan ^a   Wu, Zhonghua ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Biomass allocation; Clonal growth; Morphological plasticity; Sediment; Water depth

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

AQUATIC PLANTS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL GROWTH; MORPHOLOGICAL PLASTICITY; WATER DEPTH;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALLOMETRY; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL GROWTH; MACROPHYTE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER DEPTH;

VALLISNERIA NATANS;

EID: 34547138392     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0740-4     Document Type: Article

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