A study of the nutritive value of fresh-water plants
By: by John Wesley Nelson.
Contributors: Palmer, Leroy Sheldon, 1887-; Wick, Arne N.; Sandstrom, William Martin, 1896-; Lindstrom, H. V.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1939
Place of publication: [St. Paul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Plants -- Analysis; Nutrition; Freshwater plants -- Minnesota.
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1938.
"Literature cited": p. 31-34, 42, 47.
Includes tables.
Vita.
Published also as Technical bulletin 136, March 1939, of the Minnesota Agricultural experiment station, with title: Nutritive value and chemical composition of certain fresh-water plants of Minnesota.
Consists of three parts, part one only (p. 3-34) represents the author's thesis.
Table of contents: title: 1. Nutritive value and general chemical composition of species of Elodea, Myriophyllum, Vallisneria and other aquatic plants / J.W. Nelson and L.S. Palmer; title: II. The nitrogen distribution of Elodea canadensis / A.N. Wick and W.M. Sandstrom; title: III. The nature of the carbohydrates of species of Elodea, Myriophyllum, Ceratophyllum, Ruppia, and Ranunculus / H.V. Lindstrom and W.M. Sandstrom.