Water level fluctuations for managing excessive plant biomass in shallow lakes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Paillisson, Jean Marc ^a   Marion, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Floating leaved macrophytes; Lake management; Nymphaeid; Water level fluctuations

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LIFE CYCLE; WATER LEVELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAKE MANAGEMENT; MACROPHYTES; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NYMPHAEID; PLANT LIFE CYCLES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

BIOMASS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERB; LAKE; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHYTE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHALLOW WATER; TOLERANCE; WATER LEVEL;

NUPHAR; NUPHAR LUTEA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ALBA; NYMPHOIDES PELTATA;

EID: 78751704062     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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