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Nutrient Dynamics and Biological Structure in Shallow Freshwater and Brackish Lakes

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  1. E. Mortensen
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  2. E. Jeppesen
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  3. M. Søndergaard
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  4. L. Kamp Nielsen
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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 94)

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The nutrient dynamics and biological structure of shallow non-stratified lakes differ markedly from that of deep and stratified lakes: for example, the return of nutrients lost through sedimentation is faster and the potential importance of fish and submerged macrophytes as food-web regulators is greater. In addition shallow lakes are more easily influenced by fluctuations in the physical environment caused by wind disturbance, temperature change, etc. Although shallow lakes are often the most common lake type in lowland countries, less attention has been paid to them than to deep stratified lakes and few comparisons have been made between shallow freshwater and brackish lakes.
The volume is divided into five main themes, each introduced by an invited speaker:
  • Nutrient dynamics with special emphasis on sediment water interactions and changes in loading (Professor Lambertus Lyklema);
  • Biological structure and trophic interaction (Professor Stephen T. Threlkeld);
  • Submerged macrophytes: dynamics and role in the lake ecosystems (Ass. Professor Kaj Sand Jensen);
  • Comparison of freshwater and brackish lake ecosystems (Professor Brian Moss);
  • Modelling the impact of nutrients, the biological structure and the recovery process (Dr Marten Scheffer).

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Ecosystem level, top-down control

    1. Brackish and freshwater shallow lakes — different systems or variations on the same theme?

      • Brian Moss
      Pages 1-14

    2. Does the impact of nutrients on the biological structure and function of brackish and freshwater lakes differ?

      • E. Jeppesen, M. Søndergaard, E. Kanstrup, B. Petersen, R. B. Eriksen, M. Hammershøj et al.
      Pages 15-30

    3. The consequences of a drastic fish stock reduction in the large and shallow Lake Wolderwijd, The Netherlands. Can we understand what happened?

      • M.-L. Meijer, E. H. van Nes, E. H. R. R. Lammens, R. D. Gulati, M. P. Grimm, J. Backx et al.
      Pages 31-42

    4. Trophic interactions in a shallow lake following a reduction in nutrient loading: a long-term study

      • Martin R. Perrow, Brian Moss, Julia Stansfield
      Pages 43-52

    5. Top-down control of phytoplankton in a shallow hypertrophic lake: Little Mere (England)

      • Laurence Carvalho
      Pages 53-63

    6. Food web manipulation in a small, eutrophic Lake Wirbel, Poland: effect of stocking with juvenile pike on planktivorous fish

      • Andrzej Prejs, Andrzej Martyniak, Sławomir Boroń, Piotr Hliwa, Paweł Koperski
      Pages 65-70

    7. Environmental effects of introducing whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), in Lake Ring

      • S. Berg, E. Jeppesen, M. Søndergaard, E. Mortensen
      Pages 71-79

    8. Predator-prey relationships within the pelagic community of Neusiedler See

      • Alois Herzig
      Pages 81-96

    9. Ecological interactions in a shallow sand-pit lake (Lake Créteil, Parisian Basin, France): a modelling approach

      • Josette Garnier, Gilles Billen
      Pages 97-114

    10. Ecological models and the pitfalls of causality

      • Marten Scheffer, Jeroen Beets
      Pages 115-124

  3. Phytoplankton, zooplankton

    1. Long-term compositional response of phytoplankton in a shallow, turbid environment, Neusiedlersee (Austria/Hungary)

      • M. T. Dokulil, J. Padisâk
      Pages 125-137

    2. The time course of phytoplankton biomass and related limnological factors in shallow and deep lakes: a multivariate approach

      • M. Alvarez Cobelas, J. L. Velasco, A. Rubio, C. Rojo
      Pages 139-151

    3. Long-term phytoplankton changes in a shallow hypertrophic lake, Albufera of Valencia (Spain)

      • Susana Romo, Rosa Miracle
      Pages 153-164

    4. Population dynamics of Limnothrix redekei, Oscillatoria lanceaeformis, Planktothrix agardhii and Pseudanabaena limnetica (cyanobacteria) in a shallow hypertrophic lake (Spain)

      • C. Rojo, M. Alvarez Cobelas
      Pages 165-171

    5. Polymixis of a shallow lake (Großer Müggelsee, Berlin) and its influence on seasonal phytoplankton dynamics

      • Brigitte Nixdorf
      Pages 173-186

    6. Influences of the lowland river Spree on phytoplankton dynamics in the flow-through Lake Müggelsee (Germany)

      • Jan Köhler, Brigitte Nixdorf
      Pages 187-195

    7. Relationship between trophic state and plankton community structure in 21 Sicilian dam reservoirs

      • L. Naselli Flores, R. Barone
      Pages 197-205
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutrient Dynamics and Biological Structure in Shallow Freshwater and Brackish Lakes

  • Editors: E. Mortensen, E. Jeppesen, M. Søndergaard, L. Kamp Nielsen

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2460-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2677-9Published: 31 March 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4360-3Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2460-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 507

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology

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