The quality of the aquatic environment and macrophytes of karstic watercourses

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-118

  Šraj Kržič, Nina ^a   Germ, Mateja ^b   Urbanc Berčič, Olga ^b   Kuhar, Urška ^a   Janauer, Georg A ^c   Gaberščik, Alenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental parameters; Intermittent water regime; Karst; Macrophytes; River

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MACROPHYTE; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LJUBLJANICA RIVER; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35948965214     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9230-4     Document Type: Article

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