Exotic and invasive aquatic plants in Great Lakes coastal wetlands: Distribution and relation to watershed land use and plant richness and cover

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 705-721

  Trebitz, Anett S ^a   Taylor, Debra L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Aquatic plants; Coastal wetlands; Exotic; Great Lakes; Invasive; Rapid survey

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; AQUATIC PLANTS; COASTAL WETLANDS;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ACHILLEA; BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS; HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA; LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NAJAS FLEXILIS; NAJAS MINOR; PECTINATUS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POTAMOGETON CRISPUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; TYPHA;

EID: 38349081052     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[705:EAIAPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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