Effects of moderate ammonium enrichment on three submersed macrophytes under contrasting light availability

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1620-1629

  Cao, Te ^a   Ni, Leyi ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Meng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b Jiangxi Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Eutrophication; Low light stress; Nitrogen metabolism; Submersed macrophyte

Indexed keywords

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; VALLISNERIA NATANS;

EID: 79960030523     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02601.x     Document Type: Article

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