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Factors Affecting Growth of Rooted Aquatic Plants in a Reservoir

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. H. Peltier  and
E. B. Welch
W. H. Peltier
Affiliation:
Environmental Biology Branch, Division of Health and Safety, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
E. B. Welch
Affiliation:
Applied Biology, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Abstract

Water samples were taken from Pickwick Reservoir from 1965 through 1968 and the nitrogen and phosphorus content determined. The nitrogen and phosphorus content over a period of 3 years was not related to the year-to-year plant growth. Physical and climatic data were obtained from 1961 through 1968, and it was found that available light was controlled by the amount of rainfall and ensuing reservoir elevation during the critical plant growth period in April and May. Available light was correlated with the 2 years of severe infestations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 1970 , pp. 7 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © 1970 Weed Science Society of America 

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