Growth and nutrient absorption of two submerged aquatic macrophytes in mesocosms, for reinsertion in a eutrophicated shallow lake

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Ciurli, Adriana ^a   Zuccarini, Paolo ^a   Alpi, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elodea canadensis Michaux; Eutrophication; Mesocosms; Myriophyllum verticillatum L.; Restoration; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EQUILIBRIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ELODEA CANADENSIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM VERTICILLATUM;

EID: 61449143750     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-008-9091-9     Document Type: Article

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