Primary production of aquatic macrophytes and their epiphytes in two shallow lakes (Peipsi and Võrtsjärv) in Estonia

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-92

  Nõges, Tiina ^a   Luup, Helen ^a   Feldmann, Tõnu ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Large shallow lake; Primary production; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EPIPHYTE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ESTONIA; LAKE PEIPSI; LAKE VORTSJARV;

POTAMOGETON PERFOLIATUS;

EID: 77049123970     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9249-4     Document Type: Article

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