Carbon and nitrogen metabolism of an eutrophication tolerative macrophyte, Potamogeton crispus, under NH4+ stress and low light availability

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-78

  Cao, Te ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Ni, Leyi ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Xu, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium toxicity; Carbohydrate; Eutrophication; Free amino acids; Macrophyte

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; TOXICITY; WATER COLUMN;

POTAMOGETON CRISPUS;

EID: 61449083513     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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