The roles of nitrogen and phosphorus in regulating the dominance of floating and submerged aquatic plants in a field mesocosm experiment

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Smith, Sigrid D P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Free floating plant; Lemnaceae; Macrophyte; Nutrient stoichiometry; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WETLAND;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ARACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; LEMNOIDEAE; WOLFFIA;

EID: 84898813740     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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