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Environmental influences on aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems
Paresh Lacoul,Bill Freedman +1 more
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A review of natural and anthropogenic influences on the distribution and abundance of aquatic plants is presented in this paper, where the authors examine both the direct and indirect influences on aquatic plants.Abstract:
Aquatic plants are important components of many freshwater ecosystems. In this review we examine natural and anthropogenic influences on the distribution and abundance of aquatic plants, and develo...read more
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The Theory of Island Biogeography
TL;DR: Preface to the Princeton Landmarks in Biology Edition vii Preface xi Symbols used xiii 1.
Nitrogen-or phosphorus-limited growth in herbaceous, wet vegetation : relations with atmospheric input and management regimes
TL;DR: A new indicator of N or P limitation, that is, the vegetation N:P ratio, allows us to address questions for a range of mires, dune slacks and moist grasslands.
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Flow controls on lowland river macrophytes: a review.
TL;DR: It is suggested that whilst the characteristics of any particular macrophyte community reflect the integral effects of a combination of the factors, fundamental importance can be attributed to the role of discharge and velocity in controlling instream macrophytes colonisation, establishment and persistence.
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Submerged macrophytes as indicators of the ecological quality of lakes
Martin Søndergaard,Liselotte S. Johansson,Torben L. Lauridsen,Torben B. Jørgensen,Lone Liboriussen,Erik Jeppesen +5 more
TL;DR: Overall, submerged macrophytes responded clearly to eutrophication, but the metrics investigated here showed no well-defined thresholds, and a simple index based on species richness, presence of indicator species, coverage and Cmax was developed, which might be used to track major changes in macrophyte communities and for lake classification.
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Effects of land use on aquatic macrophyte diversity and water quality of ponds
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between aquatic macrophyte diversity and water quality in 55 ponds in western Japan and identified the environmental factors that sustain biodiversity and the spatial extent at which these factors operate.
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The Theory of Island Biogeography
TL;DR: Preface to the Princeton Landmarks in Biology Edition vii Preface xi Symbols used xiii 1.
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The Theory of Island Biogeography
TL;DR: The Princeton Landmarks in Biology Edition vii Preface xi Symbols Used xiii 1. The Importance of Islands 3 2. Area and Number of Speicies 8 3. Further Explanations of the Area-Diversity Pattern 19 4. The Strategy of Colonization 68 5. Invasibility and the Variable Niche 94 6. Stepping Stones and Biotic Exchange 123 7. Evolutionary Changes Following Colonization 145 8. Prospect 181 Glossary 185 References 193 Index 201
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The River Continuum Concept
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that producer and consumer communities characteristic of a given river reach become established in harmony with the dynamic physical conditions of the channel.
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Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.
Osvaldo E. Sala,F. S. Chapin,Juan J. Armesto,Eric L. Berlow,Janine Bloomfield,Rodolfo Dirzo,E Huber-Sanwald,Laura Foster Huenneke,Robert B. Jackson,Ann P. Kinzig,Rik Leemans,David M. Lodge,Harold A. Mooney,Martín Oesterheld,N L Poff,Martin T. Sykes,Brian Walker,Marilyn D. Walker,Diana H. Wall +18 more
TL;DR: This study identified a ranking of the importance of drivers of change, aranking of the biomes with respect to expected changes, and the major sources of uncertainties in projections of future biodiversity change.