Submerged macrophyte decline in shallow lakes: What have we learnt in the last forty years?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-45

  Phillips, Geoff ^a   Willby, Nigel ^a   Moss, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Change; Macrophyte ecology; Nutrients; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84975746016     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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