Do bryophytes show a stronger response than vascular plants to interannual changes in spring water quality?

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 625-635

  Kapfer, Jutta ^a,b   Audorff, Volker ^c   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^c   Hertel, Eduard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecosystem dynamics; inertia; resilience; response time; species turnover; vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPRING WATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TAXONOMY; TIMESCALE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84883023627     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-037.1     Document Type: Article

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