Nearshore Occurrence of Submersed Aquatic Macrophytes in Relation to Wave Action
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Vol. 44 (9) , 1666-1669
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f87-204
Abstract
The minimum depth of occurrence of submersed aquatic macrophytes (zmin) was measured along undisturbed shorelines of four lakes in southern Quebec and found to be strongly correlated (r = 0.86, P < 0.001) with depth of surface wave mixing (zw; calculated from wind velocity and fetch). The slope of the relation did not differ significantly from 1.0 (t-test, P > 0.10) and the intercept did not differ from 0.0 (t-test, P > 0.10). These results support the hypothesis that the nearshore occurrence of submersed aquatic macrophytes is related to wave action.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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