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The biomass of submerged aquatic plant communities was studied periodically during two annual growth periods. Najas minor contributed 78% to the total standing biomass. Ceratophyllum demersum, Hydrilla, Nelumbo nucifera, Trapa bispinosa and Potamogeton crispus contributed towards the rest of the biomass. The production was 0.64 g./m.2/day for the growing seasons of one year.
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Unni, K.S. Production of submerged aquatic plant communities of Doodhadhari lake Raipur, (M.P. India). Hydrobiologia 48, 175–177 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040169
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