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The Structuring Role of Submerged Macrophytes in Lakes

Editors:

  1. Erik Jeppesen

    1. Department of Lake and Estuarine Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

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  2. Martin Søndergaard

    1. Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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  3. Morten Søndergaard

    1. Department of Lake and Estuarine Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

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  4. Kirsten Christoffersen

    1. Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 131)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. General Themes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fish-Habitat Interactions Mediated via Ontogenetic Niche Shifts

      • Lennart Persson, Larry B. Crowder
      Pages 3-23

    6. Impact of Submerged Macrophytes on Fish-Zooplankton Interactions in Lakes

      • Erik Jeppesen, Torben L. Lauridsen, Timo Kairesalo, Martin R. Perrow
      Pages 91-114

    10. Interactions Between Grazing Birds and Macrophytes

      • Stuart F. Mitchell, Martin R. Perrow
      Pages 175-196

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. Macrophyte Structure and Growth of Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus): Design of a Multilake Experiment

      • Stephen R. Carpenter, Mark Olson, Paul Cunningham, Sarig Gafny, Nathan Nibbelink, Tom Pellett et al.
      Pages 217-226

    4. Horizontal Migration of Zooplankton: Predator-Mediated Use of Macrophyte Habitat

      • Torben L. Lauridsen, Erik Jeppesen, Martin Søndergaard, David M. Lodge
      Pages 233-239

    5. Changing Perspectives on Food Web Interactions in Lake Littoral Zones

      • Larry B. Crowder, Elizabeth W. McCollum, Thomas H. Martin
      Pages 240-249

    6. Bacterioplankton and Carbon Turnover in a Dense Macrophyte Canopy

      • Morten Søndergaard, Jon Theil-Nielsen, Kirsten Christoffersen, Louise Schlüter, Erik Jeppesen, Martin Søndergaard
      Pages 250-261
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About this book

Submerged macrophytes have been the object of intensive research, and a large body of literature exists on their growth, reproduction, and physiology. Several studies have focused on the interactions between submerged macrophytes and other autotrophic components and the impact of the plants on the dynamics of nutrients, dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, oxygen, and pH. Comparatively few studies have dealt with the ability of submerged macrophytes to modulate the structure and dynamics of pelagic and benthic food webs. Recently, however, the amount of research into the structuring role of submerged macrophytes in food webs has markedly increased, and the results obtained so far suggest that sub­ merged macrophytes are of significant importance for the food web interactions and environmental quality of lakes, even at relatively low areal plant coverage. For example, plants affect the interactions between predacious, planktivorous, and benthivorous fish and between fish and invertebrates, including key organisms such as large zooplankton and snails. Changes in these interactions in turn may have cascading effects on the entire food web in both the pelagial and the littoral zone. To provide a forum for discussion of recent results in this growing field of research and to define future research needs, a workshop was held on 16 to 20 June, 1996, at the Freshwater Centre in Silkeborg, Denmark. The present book is a result of the workshop. It is divided into three parts.
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Keywords

  • Sediment
  • Sedimentation
  • algae
  • chemistry
  • ecology
  • ecosystem
  • environment
  • eutrophic lakes
  • fish
  • growth
  • phytoplankton
  • plankton
  • plant growth
  • plants
  • vegetation
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Lake and Estuarine Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

    Erik Jeppesen, Morten Søndergaard

  • Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Martin Søndergaard, Kirsten Christoffersen

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Structuring Role of Submerged Macrophytes in Lakes

  • Editors: Erik Jeppesen, Martin Søndergaard, Morten Søndergaard, Kirsten Christoffersen

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0695-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98284-7Published: 19 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6871-0Published: 29 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0695-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 427

  • Topics: Ecology, Plant Sciences

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