Echosounding observations of coverage, height, PVI, and biomass of submerged macrophytes in the southern basin of Lake Biwa, Japan

Limnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Haga, Hiroki ^a   Ohtsuka, Taisuke ^a   Matsuda, Masanari ^a   Ashiya, Minako ^a  

^a LAKE BIWA MUSEUM   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic submerged macrophytes; Biomass; Echo sounder; Lake Biwa

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; ECHO SOUNDING; MACROPHYTE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ASIA; BIWA LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

EID: 34547957445     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-006-0200-2     Document Type: Article

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