Nutrient absorption by the submerged macrophyte Egeria densa Planch.: Effect of ammonium and phosphorus availability in the water column on growth and nutrient uptake

Limnetica

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 96-104

  Feijoó, Claudia ^a   García, María Eugenia ^a   Momo, Fernando ^a   Toja, Julia ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cediments; Egeria densa; Macrophytes; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349249941     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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