Factors influencing macrophyte metrics in Estonian coastal lakes in the light of ecological status assessment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-163

  Karus, Katrit ^a   Feldmann, Tõnu ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Baltic Sea; Coastal lagoons; Environmental factors; Macrophyte based assessment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRACKISH WATER; CATCHMENT; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECT; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA;

BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; CHARA; CHARA TOMENTOSA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84873745900     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1300-0     Document Type: Article

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