Convective gas flow development and the maximum depths achieved by helophyte vegetation in lakes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Sorrell, Brian K ^a   Hawes, Ian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Aquatic Research Solutions Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aeration; Convective flow; Exposure; Helophytes; Lakes; Lakeshore vegetation; Light attenuation; Redox; Regression tree; Sediment motion; Trophic state; Waves

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; AERATION; CONVECTION; EUTROPHICATION; GAS FLOW; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; REDOX CONDITIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CONVECTION; FRESH WATER; GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ELEOCHARIS SPHACELATA; TYPHA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 73149085991     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp138     Document Type: Article

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