Response of aquatic macrophytes in Northern Irish softwater lakes to forestry management; eutrophication and dissolved organic carbon

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-236

  McElarney, Y R ^a   Rasmussen, P ^b   Foy, R H ^a,c   Anderson, N J ^d  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Eutrophication; Isoetid; Lake; Macrophyte

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC PLANT; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EUTROPHICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; MOSS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WEED;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; ISOETIDAE; LITTORELLA UNIFLORA;

EID: 77957952183     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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