Restoration of submerged vegetation in shallow eutrophic lakes – A guideline and state of the art in Germany

• Published in: Limnologica Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 155 - 171
• Main Authors: Hilt, Sabine, Gross, Elisabeth M., Hupfer, Michael, Morscheid, Harald, Mählmann, Jens, Melzer, Arnulf, Poltz, Jens, Sandrock, Stefan, Scharf, Eva-Maria, Schneider, Susanne, van de Weyer, Klaus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.09.2006
• Subjects: Ceratophyllum; Chara hispida; Charophytes; Crussula helmsii; Elodea; Eutrophication; Freshwater; Hydroiotyle ranunculoides; Invasive species; Lake management; Lake restoration; Macrophyte re-establishment; Myriophyllum spicatum; Nuisance species; Potamogeton; Propagules; Shallow lakes; Submerged macrophytes; Germany; Invasive species; Charophytes; Shallow lakes; Lake restoration; Submerged macrophytes; Lake management; Nuisance species; Macrophyte re-establishment; Eutrophication; Propagules

One of the most serious problems caused by eutrophication of shallow lakes is the disappearance of submerged macrophytes and the switch to a turbid, phytoplankton-dominated state. The reduction of external nutrient loads often does not result in a change back to the macrophyte-dominated state becaus...