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The Aquatic Environment

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Physiological Plant Ecology I

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((920,volume 12 / A))

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The plant scientist who seeks to evaluate quantitatively the various environmental factors that influence plant life in aquatic habitats faces a formidable task. For those interested in a more extensive discussion, the marine aquatic environment is introduced in Kinne’s Marine Ecology (1970, 1971, 1972) vol 1, while Hutchinson’s Treatise on Limnology (1957, 1967) vols 1, 2 covers the freshwater habitat. We will concentrate here on a description of macronutrients, water motion, and irradiance in both fresh and salt water. For a treatment of such factors as salinity, dissolved gases, and micronutrients, the reader is directed to such works as Wetzel (1975), Riley and Skirrow (1975) and Hill (1963).

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Botanik II der Universität, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    O. L. Lange

  2. Department of Biology Division of Environmental Biology of the Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    P. S. Nobel

  3. Department of Environmental Biology Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Box 475, 2601, Canberra City, Australia

    C. B. Osmond

  4. Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie der Technischen Universität, Arcisstraße 21, 8000, München 2, Germany

    H. Ziegler

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Wheeler, W.N., Neushul, M. (1981). The Aquatic Environment. In: Lange, O.L., Nobel, P.S., Osmond, C.B., Ziegler, H. (eds) Physiological Plant Ecology I. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 12 / A. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68090-8_9

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