Rare Potamogeton species can establish in restored Danish lowland stream reaches

• Published in: Freshwater biology Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 518 - 532
• Main Authors: Johnsen, Trine Just, Henriksen, Lisbeth Dalsgaard Romme, Larsen, Mette Bundgaard, Kallestrup, Helena, Larsen, Søren Erik, Riis, Tenna, Baattrup‐Pedersen, Annette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; aquatic plants, backwaters, dispersal, freshwater, overwintering traits; Backwaters; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Denmark; Dispersal; Dispersion; Freshwater; Freshwater plants; Growth; Habitats; High flow; Inland water environment; Life history; limnology; Overwintering; Plant diversity; plant establishment; Plant species; Population decline; Potamogeton; Potamogeton gramineus; Potamogeton lucens; Potamogeton praelongus; Potamogeton pusillus; Rare species; Restoration; Rhizomes; Rivers; Seeds; species diversity; Streams; Survival; Transplantation; Turions; Winter; Denmark

Freshwater biodiversity is severely threatened, and despite many efforts to halt biodiversity loss the decline continues. Here, we used a transplantation approach to explore whether failure to reverse this trend for freshwater plants reflects that restoration measures applied to streams are inadequa...