VEGETATED AREAS WITH CLEAR WATER IN TURBID SHALLOW LAKES

Authors
SCHEFFER M VANDENBERG M BREUKELAAR A BREUKERS C COOPS H DOEF R MEIJER ML
Citation
M. Scheffer et al., VEGETATED AREAS WITH CLEAR WATER IN TURBID SHALLOW LAKES, Aquatic botany, 49(2-3), 1994, pp. 193-196
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Aquatic botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043770
Volume
49
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
193 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3770(1994)49:2-3<193:VAWCWI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
During the summer of 1993 large areas of clear water have persisted fo r months in the turbid shallow lakes Wolderwijd and Veluwemeer (Nether lands). The areas coincide with submerged plant stands dominated by Ch ara contraria A. Braun ex Kutzing. These observations show that the tw o contrasting states that have been described as alternative equilibri a for shallow lakes, a turbid state and a clear vegetation dominated o ne, can actually coexist within a lake.