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Main Title Temperature and Light Effects on the Growth of 'Potamogeton crispus' in Collins Lake, New York State.
Author Tobiessen, P. ; Snow, P. D. ;
CORP Author Union Coll., Schenectady, NY.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/J-84/305;
Stock Number PB85-214393
Additional Subjects Growth ; Aquatic weeds ; Collins Lake ; Temperature ; Luminous intensity ; Deep water ; Spring season ; Competition ; Aquatic plants ; Biomass ; Acclimatization ; Reprints ; Potamogeton crispus ; Pondweed
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NTIS  PB85-214393 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Potamogeton crispus, the curly leaved pondweed, was found to grow at low temperatures and very low light intensities: less than 1% of the surface irradiance. In both laboratory and lake studies, lower light intensities produced taller plants with fewer stems per propagule than plants grown at higher light intensities. Such a growth pattern may allow P. crispus to exist in deeper or less transparent water than other aquatic plants. Rapid growth in the early spring apparently permits P. crispus to become dominant while other possible competitors are still dormant.