Hydrology-Shaped Plant Communities Diversity and Ecological Function

• Other Authors: Gaberščik, Alenka (Editor), Zelnik, Igor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; spatial-temporal dynamics; aquatic vegetation; water level fluctuation; Longgan lake; Google Earth Engine; Phragmites australis; water level fluctuations; temperature; morphometric parameters; biomass allocation; oospores; gyrogonites; Baltic Sea; wave exposure; charophyte stands; seafloor topography; salinity gradient; plant communities; habitat; meadow; Pannonian Plain; Trifolion pallidi; vegetation; carbon stocks; hardwood floodplain forest; hydrological conditions; floodplain ecology; ponds; small wetlands; macrophytes; changes in the water surface; hydrological variability; succession; climate change; unmanned aerial system; Danube; large river; neophytes; distribution; growth forms; rivers; streams; Slovenia; chromosome number; climatic niche; distribution trends; ecological niche; fishpond habitats; genome size; genetic diversity; Isoëto-Nanojuncetea; soil seed bank; species diversity; automatic sensor system; Central Europe; fish farming; freshwater algae; epiphytic diatoms; functional species groups; threatened species; vascular plants; wave action; wetland vegetation; n/a
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Aquatic ecosystems and the water they hold have attracted people over the centuries. With the technological development and increasing needs of human society, the attitude to water and aquatic ecosystems has changed. Consequently, biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems has declined dramatically and i...