The Distribution of Submersed Hydrophytes in Currituck Sound ...
The rooted submergent flora of Currituck Sound, North Carolina was determined, and the distributions of its species investigated with respect to salinity, substrate texture, depth, pH, turbidity and species co-occurrence. Eight species of hydrophytes were found: Potamogeton pectinatus, Fotamogeton p...
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ftdatacite:10.25777/ep2s-t623 2024-06-09T07:50:10+00:00 The Distribution of Submersed Hydrophytes in Currituck Sound ... Davis, Steven Harry 1976 https://dx.doi.org/10.25777/ep2s-t623 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_etds/167/ unknown Old Dominion University Thesis Text ScholarlyArticle article-journal 1976 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25777/ep2s-t623 2024-05-13T10:40:44Z The rooted submergent flora of Currituck Sound, North Carolina was determined, and the distributions of its species investigated with respect to salinity, substrate texture, depth, pH, turbidity and species co-occurrence. Eight species of hydrophytes were found: Potamogeton pectinatus, Fotamogeton perfoliatus, Ruppia maritima, Zannichellia palustris, Najas guadalupensis, Elodea nuttallii, Vallisneria americana, and Myriophyllum spicatum. The mean salinities at which each species occurred ranged from 1.0 ppt for E. nuttallii to 3.1 ppt for Z. palustris, Ruppia maritima, Z palustris and V. americana were the only species that commonly occurred on coarse-grained substrates. Elodea nuttallii and N. guadalupensis were tolerant of minimum light and predominated beneath dense M. spicatum mats where water circulation was modified, siltation enhanced, and the substrate stabilized. Myriophyllum spicatum was the only species that grew at depths of less than 21 cm or more than 140 cm. Zannichellia palustris had the ... Thesis Zannichellia palustris DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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The rooted submergent flora of Currituck Sound, North Carolina was determined, and the distributions of its species investigated with respect to salinity, substrate texture, depth, pH, turbidity and species co-occurrence. Eight species of hydrophytes were found: Potamogeton pectinatus, Fotamogeton perfoliatus, Ruppia maritima, Zannichellia palustris, Najas guadalupensis, Elodea nuttallii, Vallisneria americana, and Myriophyllum spicatum. The mean salinities at which each species occurred ranged from 1.0 ppt for E. nuttallii to 3.1 ppt for Z. palustris, Ruppia maritima, Z palustris and V. americana were the only species that commonly occurred on coarse-grained substrates. Elodea nuttallii and N. guadalupensis were tolerant of minimum light and predominated beneath dense M. spicatum mats where water circulation was modified, siltation enhanced, and the substrate stabilized. Myriophyllum spicatum was the only species that grew at depths of less than 21 cm or more than 140 cm. Zannichellia palustris had the ... |
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The Distribution of Submersed Hydrophytes in Currituck Sound ... |
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The Distribution of Submersed Hydrophytes in Currituck Sound ... |
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The Distribution of Submersed Hydrophytes in Currituck Sound ... |
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Old Dominion University |
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