Title: Ecology of shallow lakes /
Authors: Scheffer, Marten.
Publisher: Chapman & Hall,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Lake ecology; Lake plants.; Freshwater phytoplankton.
Contents: 1. The story of some shallow lakes -- 1.1. Nutrient induced changes -- 1.2. Storm effects -- 1.3. Water level changes -- 1.4. Fish stock management -- 1.5. Miscellaneous cases -- 2. The abiotic environment -- 2.1. Light under water -- 2.2. Sedimentation and resuspension -- 2.3. Nutrient dynamics -- 3. Phytoplankton -- 3.1. The regulation of algal biomass -- 3.2. Competition between algae and cyanobacteria -- 3.3. Multi-species competition and succession -- 4. Trophic cascades -- 4.1. Top-down control of phytoplankton -- 4.2. The effect of planktivorous fish -- 4.3. Seasonal dynamics of plankton and fish -- 4.4. The benthic connection -- 4.5. Piscivores -- 4.6. General patterns -- 5. Vegetation -- 5.1. Implications of vegetation for the animal community -- 5.2. Effect of vegetation on turbidity -- 5.3. The regulation of vegetation abundance -- 5.4. Vegetation and phytoplankton dominance as alternative equilibria -- 6. Managing the ecosystem -- 6.1. Implications of alternative stable states -- 6.2. Nutrient management -- 6.3. Biomanipulation -- 6.4. Hydrological adjustments -- 6.5. Other measures -- 6.6. Selecting restoration measures -- 7. The limits of knowledge.