Indirect facilitation promotes macrophyte survival and growth in freshwater ecosystems threatened by eutrophication

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 530-538

  Le Bagousse Pinguet, Yoann ^a,d   Liancourt, Pierre ^b   Gross, Nicolas ^c   Straile, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant communities; Community ecology; Eutrophication; Freshwater ecosystems; Indirect facilitation; Plant plant interactions; Species tolerance and deviation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

EID: 84856756767     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01931.x     Document Type: Article

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