The comparison of mechanically stimulated and spontaneous firings in traps of aquatic carnivorous Utricularia species

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Adamec, Lubomír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Spontaneous firing; Trap firing; Trap resetting; Trap thickness measurement; U. inflata; U. reflexa; Utricularia vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETRITUS; HERB; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSOR; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WATER FLOW;

UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA INFLATA; UTRICULARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 78650203706     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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