Submerged macrophytes as indicators of the ecological quality of lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 893-908

  Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Johansson, Liselotte S ^a   Lauridsen, Torben L ^a   Jørgensen, Torben B ^a   Liboriussen, Lone ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Colonisation depth; Indicator species; Macrophyte coverage; Phosphorus; Species richness; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ELODEA CANADENSIS; ISOETES; ISOETIDAE; LOBELIA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON ALPINUS; POTAMOGETON GRAMINEUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA FILIFORMIS FILIFORMIS;

EID: 77951735290     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02331.x     Document Type: Article

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