Size-dependent C, N and P stoichiometry of three submersed macrophytes along water depth gradients

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3733-3738

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Cao, Te ^a   Ni, Leyi ^a   Zhu, Guorong ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Fu, Hui ^a   Song, Xin ^a   Xie, Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Height; Stoichiometry; Submersed macrophyte; Water depth

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORRELATION METHODS; GROWTH RATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; FIELD INVESTIGATION; HEIGHT; MACROPHYTES; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; PARTIAL CORRELATION; SUBMERSED MACROPHYTES; WATER DEPTH;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FIELD METHOD; HEIGHT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHOOT; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER DEPTH;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; POTAMOGETON MAACKIANUS;

EID: 84940594730     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4295-9     Document Type: Article

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