Expansion and retreat of aquatic macrophyte communities in south Bohemian fishponds during 35 years (1941?1976)

Vegetatio ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 59 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 243-245 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Macrophyte Communities

scholarly journals The Biodiversity–Biomass Relationship of Aquatic Macrophytes Is Regulated by Water Depth: A Case Study of a Shallow Mesotrophic Lake in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Ma ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
Tian Lv ◽  
Zhenjun Zuo ◽  
Haocun Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Interspecific Interactions ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Community Biomass ◽  
Macrophyte Communities ◽  
Macrophyte Community ◽  
Evenness Indices ◽  
Aquatic Macrophyte Community ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between biodiversity and productivity (or biomass production) (BPR) has been a popular topic in macroecology and debated for decades. However, this relationship is poorly understood in macrophyte communities, and the mechanism of the BPR pattern of the aquatic macrophyte community is not clear. We investigated 78 aquatic macrophyte communities in a shallow mesotrophic freshwater lake in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China. We analyzed the relationship between biodiversity (species richness, diversity, and evenness indices) and community biomass, and the effects of water environments and interspecific interactions on biodiversity–biomass patterns. Unimodal patterns between community biomass and diversity indices instead of evenness indices are shown, and these indicate the importance of both the number and abundance of species when studying biodiversity–biomass patterns under mesotrophic conditions. These patterns were moderated by species identity biologically and water depth environmentally. However, water depth determined the distribution and growth of species with different life-forms as well as species identities through environmental filtering. These results demonstrate that water depth regulates the biodiversity–biomass pattern of the aquatic macrophyte community as a result of its effect on species identity and species distribution. Our study may provide useful information for conservation and restoration of macrophyte vegetation in shallow lakes through matching water depth and species or life-form combinations properly to reach high ecosystem functions and services.

scholarly journals Changes in the functional features of macrophyte communities and driving factors across a 70-year period

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 847 (18) ◽  
pp. 3811-3827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marja Lindholm ◽  
Janne Alahuhta ◽  
Jani Heino ◽  
Jan Hjort ◽  
Heikki Toivonen
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Boreal Lakes ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Functional Composition ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Macrophyte Communities ◽  
Functional Richness ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Time Periods

AbstractFunctional homogenisation occurs across many areas and organism groups, thereby seriously affecting biodiversity loss and ecosystem functioning. In this study, we examined how functional features of aquatic macrophytes have changed during a 70-year period at community and species levels in a boreal lake district. At the community level, we examined if aquatic macrophyte communities showed different spatial patterns in functional composition and functional richness in relation to main environmental drivers between the time periods. We also observed each species in functional space to assess if species with certain sets of traits have become more common or rare in the 70-year study period. We found changes in the relationship between functional community composition and the environment. The aquatic macrophyte communities showed different patterns in functional composition between the two time periods, and the main environmental drivers for these changes were partly different. Temporal changes in functional richness were only partially linked to concomitant changes in the environment, while stable factors were more important. Species’ functional traits were not associated with commonness or rarity patterns. Our findings revealed that functional homogenisation has not occurred across these boreal lakes, ranging from small oligotrophic forest lakes to larger lakes affected by human impacts.

Changes in aquatic macrophyte communities in Loch Leven: evidence of recovery from eutrophication?

2011 ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
B. Dudley ◽  
I. D. M. Gunn ◽  
L. Carvalho ◽  
I. Proctor ◽  
M. T. O’Hare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Loch Leven ◽  
Macrophyte Communities

A comparison of two methods for surveying aquatic macrophyte communities in boreal lakes: Implications for bioassessment

2013 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 88-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kanninen ◽  
V.-M. Vallinkoski ◽  
J. Leka ◽  
T.J. Marjomäki ◽  
S. Hellsten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Boreal Lakes ◽  
Macrophyte Communities
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