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OverviewThe structure and functioning of eutrophicated aquatic ecosystems has received considerable attention from limnologists as well as water managers in recent years. Stress has often been on pelagic food webs of deeper lakes whilst littoral systems or shallower lakes have been less thoroughly investigated. Since Dutch aquatic systems are shallow, as a rule, they form a notable exception. But here, too, the orientation was often on pelagic food webs. This study takes the water plant as prime perspective. The editors consider water plants to be the key component in shallow aquatic ecosystems. They have compiled work on one water plant species, Potamogeton pectinatus L., and from one lake, Lake Veluwe, as a typical case, and set out to explain the fluctuations in abundance of this water plant as influenced by eutrophication. A working hypothesis on the mechanism responsible for water plant decline during eutrophication was adopted and tested in a combination of field and laboratory work. A simulation model, SAGAI, for the water plant P. pectinatus was developed and proved to fit independent data. Full Product DetailsAuthor: W. van Vierssen , Michiel Hootsmans , J.E. VermaatPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 1994 ed. Volume: 21 Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 2.100kg ISBN: 9780792323204ISBN 10: 0792323203 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 31 March 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: the scope of the research project.- 2. The Zuiderzee: transformation of a brackishwater ecosystem.- 3. Twenty years of dynamics and distribution of Potamogeton pectinatus L. in Lake Veluwe.- 4. Intraspecific variation in Potamogeton pectinatus L.: a controlled laboratory experiment.- 5. Growth of Potamogeton pectinatus L. in a temperature-light gradient.- 6. Light-response curves of Potamogeton pectinatus L. as a function of plant age and irradiance level during growth.- 7. Photoperiodic effects on photosynthesis and tuber production in Potamogeton pectinatus L..- 8. Early growth characteristics of Potamogeton pectinatus L.: the significance of the tuber.- 9. Seasonal dynamics of a field population of Potamogeton pectinatus L. under various experimental light conditions.- 10. Factors contributing to light attenuation in Lake Veluwe.- 11. Allelopathic limitation of algal growth by macrophytes.- 12. Periphyton dynamics in a temperature-light gradient.- 13. Periphyton removal by freshwater micrograzers.- 14. A growth analysis model for Potamogeton pectinatus L..- 15. Interactions between aquatic macrophytes and fish in Lake Veluwe, direct and indirect effects.- 16. General conclusions and implications for lake management.- Appendices 1–4.- List of contributors.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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