Thresholds in the response of free-floating plant abundance to variation in hydraulic connectivity, nutrients, and macrophyte abundance in a large floodplain river

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 413-425

  Giblin, Shawn M ^a   Houser, Jeffrey N ^b   Sullivan, John F ^a   Langrehr, Heidi A ^a   Rogala, James T ^b   Campbell, Benjamin D ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Duckweed; Free floating plants; Mississippi River; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONNECTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; THRESHOLD; VELOCITY PROFILE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

LEMNA;

EID: 84901593068     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0508-8     Document Type: Article

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