Shallow Lakes and Ponds

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 645-655

  Meerhoff, M ^a   Jeppesen, E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Aquatic plants; Biodiversity; Diel horizontal migration; Fish predation pressure; Internal nutrient loading; Littoral zone; Nutrient dynamics; Pelagic benthic coupling; Periphyton; Water level

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069596299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00041-7     Document Type: Chapter

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