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The nitrogen and phosphorus content of Nymphaea tuberosa and Ceratophyllum demersum, in Lake Onalaska, Wisconsin, was studied for a year. On a yearly basis, N. tuberosa exhibited nitrogen and phosphorus differences among seasons and among plant parts. Variation among plant parts was also evident in C. demersum. However, within individual plant structures, no seasonal differences were observed.
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Funds were provided by the River Studies Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Thomas O. Claflin, Director.
Funds were provided by the River Studies Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Thomas O. Claflin, Director.
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Smart, M.M. Annual changes of nitrogen and phosphorus in two aquatic macrophytes (Nymphaea Tuberosa and Ceratophyllum Demersum). Hydrobiologia 70, 31–35 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00015487
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