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Center Stage: The Crucial Role of Macrophytes in Regulating Trophic Interactions in Shallow Lake Wetlands

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Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 191))

Abstract

Hydrophilic, or water-loving, macrophytes characterize wetland ecosystems, indicating prerequisite conditions of hydric soils and sufficient hydrology. The presence of such macrophytes is a key descriptor in multiple wetland def- initions (Lewis 2001a) and macrophytes may be further used to actually describe particular types of wetlands, such as cattail marshes. Macrophytes contribute significant biomass to wetland systems and represent a critical component of wetland biogeochemistry as primary producers and drivers of organic matter cycling within aquatic systems. In this chapter, we argue that macrophytes occupy the center of trophic interactions in shallow lakes, influ- encing outcomes through structural, behavioral and chemical interactions. We define shallow lakes as permanently flooded wetlands that often contain submerged or floating macrophytes and that may be surrounded by emergent vegetation (i.e.marshy habitat). Shallow remains a relative term in limnology circles, but typically is less than 3 m average depth, such that macrophytes can fill a substantial portion of the water column and stratification is neither pre- dictable nor long-term. Such systems may be termed lakes, ponds or wetlands, depending on their size and the ecological context. Macrophytes may regulate trophic interactions in ephemeral systems without permanent inundation.

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  1. Department of Biology, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, 78626

    Romi L. Burks

  2. Department of Food Web Studies, Centre for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, 3631 AC, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

    Gabi Mulderij & Ellen Van Donk

  3. Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, PO Box M659, 78457, Konstanz, Germany

    Elisabeth Gross

  4. Winfrith Technology Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8ZD, UK

    Iwan Jones

  5. Department of Inland Fisheries, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Vejlsøvej 39, DK-8600, Silkeborg, Denmark

    Lene Jacobsen

  6. Department of Freshwater Ecology, The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Vejlsøvej 25, PO Box 314, 8600, Silkeborg, Denmark

    Erik Jeppesen

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  1. Landscape Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, PO Box 800.84, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Roland Bobbink , Boudewijn Beltman  & Jos T. A. Verhoeven ,  & 

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    Dennis F. Whigham

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Burks, R.L. et al. (2006). Center Stage: The Crucial Role of Macrophytes in Regulating Trophic Interactions in Shallow Lake Wetlands. In: Bobbink, R., Beltman, B., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Whigham, D.F. (eds) Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration. Ecological Studies, vol 191. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33189-6_3

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