Herbivory is a fundamental process that controls primary producer abundance and regulates
energy and nutrient flows to higher trophic levels. Despite the recent proliferation of small …

A number of mechanisms result in a feedback between water clarity and macrophytes and,
consequently, the occurrence of alternative stable states in shallow lakes. We hypothesize …

Restoration cases with hydrophytes (those which develop all their vital functions inside the
water or very close to the water surface, eg, flowering) are less abundant compared to those …

Two small, shallow lagoons newly created from former rice fields in the Mediterranean coast
(Albufera de València Natural Park, Spain) were restored by planting several species of …

Interactions among multiple stressors, legacies of past perturbations, and the lack of
historical information make it difficult to determine the influence of individual anthropogenic …

Re-establishment of submerged macrophytes and especially charophyte vegetation is a
common aim in lake management. If revegetation does not happen spontaneously …

Sexual reproduction in Charophyceae abounds in complex traits. Their gametangia develop
as intricate structures, with oogonia spirally surrounded by envelope cells and richly …

Charophytes are a key group of submerged macrophytes in temperate hardwater lakes, but
have declined or been replaced by angiosperms as a result of eutrophication for more than …

The alternative state theory claims that shallow lakes may have either clear water, and be
dominated by submerged macrophytes, or turbid water and be dominated by phytoplankton …

Aquatic macrophytes play an important role in the structure and functioning of lagoon
ecosystems. We assessed the importance of biotic and abiotic environmental factors in …