Response of aquatic plants to abiotic factors: a review

G Bornette, S Puijalon - Aquatic sciences, 2011 - Springer
This review aims to determine how environmental characteristics of aquatic habitats rule
species occurrence, life-history traits and community dynamics among aquatic plants, and if …

Connectivity and biocomplexity in waterbodies of riverine floodplains

C Amoros, G Bornette - Freshwater biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
1. In river corridors, water plays a key role in connecting various landscape patches.
Thishydrological connectivity'operates on the four dimensions of fluvial hydrosystems …

Extreme flooding events on the Rhine and the survival and distribution of riparian plant species

PJA Vervuren, C Blom, H De Kroon - Journal of ecology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Summer floods whose severity is affected by flooding duration, submergence
depth and underwater light availability, have a large impact on the zonation of riparian plant …

Growth and morphological responses of four helophyte species in an experimental water-depth gradient

H Coops, FWB van den Brink, G Van Der Velde - Aquatic Botany, 1996 - Elsevier
The distribution on shorelines of four helophyte species (two gramineous species, viz.
Phalaris arundinacea L. and Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel and two …

Succession of aquatic vegetation driven by reduced water‐level fluctuations in floodplain lakes

GJ Van Geest, H Coops… - Journal of Applied …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 In recent years, interest has grown in restoring floodplain function of regulated
rivers. Successful rehabilitation of riparian systems requires knowledge of how regulation of …

Seed dispersal, germination and seedling growth of six helophyte species in relation to water‐level zonation

H Coops, G van der Velde - Freshwater biology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Seed dispersal, germination, and seedling growth characteristics of six helophyte species.
Iris pseudacorus, Phalaris arundinacea, Phragmites australis, Typha angustifolia, T. latifolia …

Water-level fluctuations affect macrophyte richness in floodplain lakes

GJV Geest, H Wolters, F Roozen, H Coops… - Hydrobiologia, 2005 - Springer
The characteristic ecology of floodplain lakes is in part due to their relatively strong water-
level fluctuations. We analyzed the factors determining water-level fluctuations in 100 …

[PDF][PDF] A model of plant strategies in fluvial hydrosystems

G Bornette, E Tabacchi, C Hupp, S Puijalon, JC Rostan - 2008 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
A model of plant strategies in fluvial hydrosystems Page 1 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln USGS Staff -- Published Research US …

Plants intertwine fluvial landform dynamics with ecological succession and natural selection: a niche construction perspective for riparian systems

D Corenblit, J Steiger, AM Gurnell… - Global Ecology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To contribute to the development of a macroevolutionary framework for riparian
systems, reinforcing conceptual linkages between earth surface processes and biological …

Changes along a disturbance gradient in the density and composition of propagule banks in floodplain aquatic habitats

VJ Abernethy, NJ Willby - Plant Ecology, 1999 - Springer
This study used germination methods to examine the density, species composition and
functional composition of propagule banks in a series of riverine wetland aquatic habitats …