Long-term dynamics of submerged macrophytes and algae in a small and shallow, eutrophic lake: Implications for the stability of macrophyte-dominance

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-583

  Sayer, Carl D ^a   Burgess, Amy ^a   Kari, Katerina ^a   Davidson, Thomas A ^a   Peglar, Sylvia ^a   Yang, Handong ^a   Rose, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Aquatic macrophytes; Plant macrofossils; Resilience; Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERATOPHYLLUM; CHARA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; POTAMOGETON; ZANNICHELLIA;

EID: 77950149286     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02353.x     Document Type: Article

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