New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Notes on the submerged vegetation of Lakes Heron, Clearwater, and Camp Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

C. C. TANNER
J. S. CLAYTON
B. T. COFFEY

Aquatic Plant Section
Ruakura Soil and Plant Research Station
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract The submerged vegetation of three high altitude glacial lakes in the South Island of New Zealand; Lakes Heron, Clearwater, and Camp, was briefly inspected in 1982. The species recorded, their depth ranges, and abundances are reported. All three lakes had a diverse submerged vege- tation which included a shallow-water low mixed community; a mid-depth community of tall native angiosperms and the adventive Elodea canadensis with a characean understorey; and abundant deeper growths of characean algae.

Keywords Lake Heron; Lake Clearwater; Lake Camp; New Zealand flora; aquatic plants; Chara- ceae; high altitude lakes

Received 10 September 1984; accepted 13 November 1984
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1985, Vol. 23: 213-218
0028-825X/85/23Q2-0213$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1985

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