Macrophytes in Aquatic Ecosystems: From Biology to Management (eBook)

Biology and Species Ecology.- Invasive river plants from Portuguese floodplains: What can species attributes tell us?.- Relationships between macrophytic vegetation and physical features of river habitats: the need for a morphological approach.- Morphological variation in Eichhornia azurea (Kunth) and Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms in relation to aquatic vegetation type and the environment in the floodplain of the Rio Paraná, Brazil.- Changes in the allocation of some chemical compounds in structures of Oryza glumaepatula (Steud) in an Amazonian lake subjected to an anthropic impact (Lake Batata, Porto Trombetas).- Primary production of Utricularia foliosa L., Egeria densa Planchon and Cabomba furcata Schult & Schult.f from rivers of the coastal plain of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.- An experimental study of the plastic responses of Ranunculus peltatus Schrank to four environmental parameters.- The response of Ceratophyllum demersum L. and Myriophyllum spicatum L. to reduced, ambient, and enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation.- Effect of reservoir drawdown on biomass of three species of aquatic macrophytes in a large sub-tropical reservoir (Itaipu, Brazil).- Populations of Myriophyllum alterniflorum L. as bioindicators of pollution in acidic to neutral rivers in the Limousin region.- Aquatic plant bioassays used in the assessment of water quality in German rivers.- The relationship between Callitriche L. clones and environmental variables using genotyping.- Assessing and predicting the success of Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt, a rare European aquatic macrophyte, in relation to lake environmental conditions.- Community and Bioindication.- Seasonal variability in the palatability of freshwater macrophytes: a case study.- Recovery of Potamogeton pectinatus L. stands in a shallow eutrophic lake under extreme grazing pressure.- Shoreline vegetation of Lake Nubia, Sudan.- Stoneworts (Characeae) and associated macrophyte species as indicators of water quality and human activities in the Pays-de-la-Loire region, France.- Habitat variability of the Littorelletea uniflorae plant communities in Polish Lobelia lakes.- The possibility of submerged macrophyte recovery from a propagule bank in the eutrophic Lake Miko?ajskie (North Poland).- Factors influencing the distribution of aquatic plant communities in Irish canals.- Evaluation of the status of lakes located in the City of Olsztyn (Masurian Lake District, N-E Poland) by the macrophytoindication method (MPhI).- Aquatic plants as environmental indicators of ecological condition in New Zealand lakes.- A new method to assess water trophy and organic pollution — the Macrophyte Biological Index for Rivers (IBMR): its application to different types of river and pollution.- Comparison of different biological indices for the assessment of river quality: application to the upper river Moselle (France).- A comparison of macrophyte indices in headwaters of rivers in Flanders (Belgium).- Solving Problems?.- The prediction of macrophyte species occurrence in Swiss ponds.- Risk assessment method for submerged weeds in New Zealand hydroelectric lakes.- Predicting interactions between wetland vegetation and the soil-water and surface-water environment using diversity, abundance and attribute values.- Richness and structure of plant communities in temporary pools from western Morocco: influence of human activities.- Ecological management of aquatic plants: effects in lowland streams.- Control of Myriophyllum verticillatum L. in Irish canals by turion removal.- The potential for biological control of invasive alien aquatic weeds in Europe: a review.- Factors influencing the distribution of Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. and Rumex hydrolapathum Huds. in a mowed low-lying marshland, Réserve de Cheyres, lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.- Evaluating the necessity of additional aquatic plant testing by comparing the sensitivities of different species.- Plasticity of Lythrum salicaria and Phragmites australis growth characteristics across a European geographical gradient.- Use of Geographic Information Systems to monitor and predict non-native aquatic plant dispersal through north-eastern North America.- Present distribution of the genus Elodea in the Alsatian Upper Rhine floodplain (France) with a special focus on the expansion of Elodea nuttallii St. John during recent decades.- Invasibility of four plant communities in the Llobregat delta (Catalonia, NE of Spain) in relation to their historical stability.