Influence of free-floating plants on the structure of a natural phytoplankton assemblage: an experimental approach

The influence of free-floating plants on the structure of natural phytoplankton was assessed using field mesocosms. Poor underwater light climate (natural macrophyte cover and dark mesh treatments) determined the dominance of shade-adapted, slow-growing filamentous and colonial cyanobacteria [S and Lo functional groups; Reynolds, C. S., Huszar, V., Kruk, C. et al. (2002) Towards a functional classification of the freshwater phytoplankton. J....