Linking carbon and nitrogen metabolism to depth distribution of submersed macrophytes using high ammonium dosing tests and a lake survey

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2532-2540

  Yuan, Guixiang ^a,b   Cao, Te ^a,c   Fu, Hui ^d   Ni, Leyi ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Song, Xin ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences   (China)

^e Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research   (China)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Free amino acid; NH4 + dosing; Soluble carbohydrate; Submersed macrophytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889678494     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12230     Document Type: Article

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