Spacer elongation and plagiotropic growth are the primary clonal strategies used by Vallisneria spiralis to acclimate to sedimentation

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Xie, Yonghong ^a  

^a Institute of Subtropical Agriculture   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Branching angle; Sediment type; Sedimentation depth; Vallisneria spiralis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; RAMET; SEDIMENTATION;

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 68949220073     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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