Submerged macrophyte biomass distribution in the shallow saline lake Fuente de Piedra (Spain) as function of environmental variables

Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-127

  Conde Álvarez, Rafael M ^a   Bañares España, Elena ^b   Nieto Caldera, José M ^b   Flores Moya, Antonio ^b   Figueroa, Félix L ^b  

^a Corregidor Nicolás Isidro ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fuente de Piedra; Lakes; Maps; Spain.; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865096932     PISSN: 02111322     EISSN: 19883196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2305     Document Type: Article

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