Global diversity of aquatic macrophytes in freshwater

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 595, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-26

  Chambers, P A ^a   Lacoul, P ^b   Murphy, K J ^c   Thomaz, S M ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophyte; Aquatic weeds; Composition; Distribution; Diversity; Lakes; Macroalgae; Rivers

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MAINTAINABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; AQUATIC WEEDS; MACROALGAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

BIODIVERSITY;

AFROTROPICAL REGION; AUSTRALASIAN REGION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ORIENTAL REGION; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 38149004319     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9154-6     Document Type: Review

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