Morphological and physiological responses to sediment type and light availability in roots of the submerged plant Myriophyllum spicatum

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1517-1523

  Xie, Yonghong ^a   Luo, Wenbo ^a,c   Ren, Bo ^a,b   Li, Feng ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aeration; Anoxia; Biomass allocation; Morphological plasticity; Myriophyllum spicatum; Nutrient; Oxygen; Root system; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ADAPTATION; AERATION; ANOXIA; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERB; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POROSITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOMASS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS;

MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 36448945129     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm236     Document Type: Article

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