Influence of hydraulics on the uptake of ammonium by two freshwater plants

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2452-2463

  Bal, Kris D ^a,b   Brion, Natacha ^c   Woulé Ebongué, Veronique ^c   Schoelynck, Jonas ^a   Jooste, Antoinette ^b   Barrón, Cristina ^c,d   Dehairs, Frank ^c   Meire, Patrick ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flume; Macrophytes; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

POTAMOGETON NATANS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS FLUITANS;

EID: 84889649707     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12222     Document Type: Article

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