Bibliography: leaves 105-121. / viii, 133, [28] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis tests the hypothesis that plant strategies to respond to seasonal flooding can be used to predict their tolerance to variation in water regime. The studies illustrate contrasting strategies for survival in seasonally fluctuation water levels. These are tested in the field against similar species. Plants are surveyed at four stages of flooding at Bool Lagoon. The morphologically plastic species, V. reniformis and Triglochin procerum, respond to flooding with taller shoots and increased investment in photosynthetic tissue. It is concluded that the reproductive effort is much lower in the field than in the pond experiments, and changes in the population density of both species are not related to water regime. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Botany, 1997?
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/279871 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | Cooling, Marcus Paul |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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