The influence of prey capture on photosynthetic rate in two aquatic carnivorous plant species

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Adamec, Lubomír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aldrovanda vesiculosa; Apical shoot growth rate; Dark respiration; Feeding on prey; Net photosynthetic rate; Tissue N and P content; Utricularia australis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREY CAPTURE; RESPIRATION;

ALDROVANDA; ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA; UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 43049167522     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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