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Continental-scale patterns of nutrient and fish effects on shallow lakes: introduction to a pan-European mesocosm experiment

Description : 1. Shallow lake ecosystems are normally dominated by submerged and emergent plants. Biological stabilising mechanisms help preserve this dominance. The systems may switch to dominance by phytoplankton, however, with loss of submerged plants. This process usually takes place against a background of i...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : community structure , alternative stable states , eutrophication , fish , large-scale variation , nutrients , Science General
Publisher(s) : Blackwell Publishing
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Publication Date(s) : 2004-01-01