Stoichiometric characteristics and responses of submerged macrophytes to eutrophication in lakes along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-21

  Xing, Wei ^a   Wu, Hao Ping ^a,b   Hao, Bei Bei ^a,b   Liu, Gui Hua ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C:N:P:S:Si stoichiometry; Eutrophication; Light:nutrient hypothesis; Submerged macrophyte; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY; EUTROPHIC LAKES; LOW LIGHT; MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; SI CONCENTRATION; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTE; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; WATER DEPTH; WATER TRANSPARENCY; YANGTZE RIVER;

LAKES; NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE;

EUTROPHICATION;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE WATER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROPHYTE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER WATER; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TRANSPARENCY;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84874413611     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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