Competition between two submersed aquatic macrophytes, Potamogeton pectinatus and Potamogeton gramineus, across a light gradient

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-244

  Spencer, David F ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Light

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON;

PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON GRAMINEUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 77649337822     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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