Patterns in biomass and cover of aquifer macrophytes in lakes.

C. M. Duarte; J. Kalff; R. H. Peters

Patterns in biomass and cover of aquifer macrophytes in lakes.

C. M. Duarte, J. Kalff, R. H. Peters

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Abstract

Quantitative analysis from 139 lakes revealed that biomass and cover of emergent macrophytes are, on average, proportional to lake area, but that biomass and cover of submerged plants are proportionally reduced with increasing lake size. Underwater light was the best descriptor of the cover and biomass of submerged plants. Emergent macrophytes are most strongly affected by lake morphometry, in particular by average slope. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1900-1908
Number of pages	9
Journal	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Volume	43
Issue number	10
State	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science

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Patterns in biomass and cover of aquifer macrophytes in lakes.

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