The response of periphyton and submerged macrophytes to nitrogen and phosphorus loading in shallow warm lakes: a mesocosm experiment


Özkan K., Jeppesen E., Johansson L. S., Beklıoglu M.

FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, vol.55, no.2, pp.463-475, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02297.x
  • Journal Name: FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.463-475
  • Keywords: eutrophication, Mediterranean, Myriophyllum spicatum, shallow lakes, water level fluctuations, TOP-DOWN CONTROL, MEDITERRANEAN LAKE, PLANT BIOMASS, NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT, SUBTROPICAL LAKE, SPECIES RICHNESS, CHLOROPHYLL-A, STATE, ZOOPLANKTON, RESTORATION
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

1. Recent experimental and field studies on temperate shallow lakes indicate that nitrogen may play a greater role in their functioning than previously thought. Several studies document that abundance and richness of submerged macrophytes, both central in shallow lake ecology, may decrease with increasing nitrogen loading, especially at high phosphorus levels. However, the role of nitrogen in warm lakes with fluctuating water regimes remains to be described in detail.