Effects of flooding and sedimentation on the growth and physiology of two emergent macrophytes from Dongting Lake wetlands

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-40

  Pan, Ying ^a,b   Xie, Yonghong ^a   Chen, Xinsheng ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ADH activity; Carbohydrate; Interaction; Sediment burial; Water level

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOODING; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INHIBITION; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL SURFACE; SUGAR; TOLERANCE; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; HUNAN;

CAREX; MISCANTHUS SACCHARIFLORUS;

EID: 84860601825     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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