The role of macrophytes in wetland ecosystems

Journal of Ecology and Field Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-345

  Rejmánková, Eliška ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Habitat; Invasive species; Macrophyte; Methane; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resorption; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856691321     PISSN: 1975020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5141/JEFB.2011.044     Document Type: Review

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