The Structuring Role of Submerged Macrophytes in Lakes

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fish-Habitat Interactions Mediated via Ontogenetic Niche Shifts....Pages 3-23
Influence of Submerged Macrophytes on Trophic Interactions Among Fish and Macroinvertebrates....Pages 24-46
Complex Fish-Snail-Epiphyton Interactions and Their Effects on Submerged Freshwater Macrophytes....Pages 47-68
Interactions between Periphyton, Nonmolluscan Invertebrates, and Fish in Standing Freshwaters....Pages 69-90
Impact of Submerged Macrophytes on Fish-Zooplankton Interactions in Lakes....Pages 91-114
Impact of Submerged Macrophytes on Phytoplankton in Shallow Freshwater Lakes....Pages 115-132
Role of Submerged Macrophytes for the Microbial Community and Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 133-148
Impact of Herbivory on Plant Standing Crop: Comparisons Among Biomes, Between Vascular and Nonvascular Plants, and Among Freshwater Herbivore Taxa....Pages 149-174
Interactions Between Grazing Birds and Macrophytes....Pages 175-196
Effects of Submerged Aquatic Macrophytes on Nutrient Dynamics, Sedimentation, and Resuspension....Pages 197-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Macrophyte Structure and Growth of Bluegill ( Lepomis macrochirus ): Design of a Multilake Experiment....Pages 217-226
Vertical Distribution of In-Benthos in Relation to Fish and Floating-Leaved Macrophyte Populations....Pages 227-232
Horizontal Migration of Zooplankton: Predator-Mediated Use of Macrophyte Habitat....Pages 233-239
Changing Perspectives on Food Web Interactions in Lake Littoral Zones....Pages 240-249
Bacterioplankton and Carbon Turnover in a Dense Macrophyte Canopy....Pages 250-261
Cascading Effects on Microbial Food Web Structure in a Dense Macrophyte Bed....Pages 262-273
Abundance, Size, and Growth of Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates in Eutrophic Lakes with Contrasting Daphnia and Macrophyte Densities....Pages 274-281
What Do Herbivore Exclusion Experiments Tell Us? An Investigation Using Black Swans ( Cygnus atratus ) and Filamentous Algae in a Shallow Lake....Pages 282-289
Switches Between Clear and Turbid Water States in a Biomanipulated Lake (1986–1996): The Role of Herbivory on Macrophytes....Pages 290-297
Macrophyte-Waterfowl Interactions: Tracking a Variable Resource and the Impact of Herbivory on Plant Growth....Pages 298-306
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Influence of Macrophyte Structure, Nutritive Value, and Chemistry on the Feeding Choices of a Generalist Crayfish....Pages 307-317
Concordance of Phosphorus Limitation in Lakes: Bacterioplankton, Phytoplankton, Epiphyte-Snail Consumers, and Rooted Macrophytes....Pages 318-325
Sources of Organic Carbon in the Food Webs of Two Florida Lakes Indicated by Stable Isotopes....Pages 326-330
Importance of Physical Structures in Lakes: The Case of Lake Kinneret and General Implications....Pages 331-338
Clear Water Associated with a Dense Chara Vegetation in the Shallow and Turbid Lake Veluwemeer, The Netherlands....Pages 339-352
Alternative Stable States in Shallow Lakes: What Causes a Shift?....Pages 353-360
Clear and Turbid Water in Shallow Norwegian Lakes Related to Submerged Vegetation....Pages 361-368
Macrophytes and Turbidity in Brackish Lakes with Special Emphasis on the Role of Top-Down Control....Pages 369-377
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Structuring Role of Macrophytes in Lakes: Changing Influence Along Lake Size and Depth Gradients....Pages 381-392
Nutrient-Loading Gradient in Shallow Lakes: Report of the Group Discussion....Pages 393-396
Alternative Stable States....Pages 397-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-427