Effect of environmental variables on the aquatic macrophyte composition pattern in streams: A case study from Slovakia

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Hrivnák, Richard ^a   Ot'ahel'ová, Helena ^a   Valachovič, Milan ^a   Pal'ove Balang, Peter ^a,b   Kubinská, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Bioregions; Running water; Species environment relationship

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; ECOREGION; MACROPHYTE; MOSS; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH;

SLOVAKIA;

ALGAE; BRACHYTHECIUM RIVULARE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CRATONEURON FILICINUM; GLYCERIA; HYGROHYPNUM OCHRACEUM; LOPHOCOLEA HETEROPHYLLA; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79958078734     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2010/0177-0115     Document Type: Article

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