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Factors Affecting Growth of Rooted Aquatics in a River

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 35660
E. B. Welch
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Abstract

During 1967, field studies on the Holston River and in the laboratory produced evidence that excessive aquatic plant growths are not soley related to the presence of large amounts of nutrients in water. Factors contributing to growth were the amount of nutrients in sediments, water depth, and turbidity. Water depth and turbidity influence the amount of light which penetrates the water and is available for the growth of rooted plants.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1969 , pp. 412 - 416
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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