Patterns of aquatic macrophyte species composition and distribution in Bulgarian rivers

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-110

  Gecheva, Gana ^a   Yurukova, Lilyana ^b   Cheshmedjiev, Svetoslav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c SI Eco Consult Ltd   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Canonical correspondence analysis; Environmental variables; River

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

BULGARIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84871866353     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1112-35     Document Type: Article

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