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- Title
The aquatic plant communities of Lake Murten.
- Authors
SCHWARZER, Arno
- Abstract
In Switzerland, there are hardly any current scientific publications on aquatic plant communities. There are also very few studies of the flora and vegetation of Lake Murten. In 2019 during a single vegetation period, the vegetation conditions in Lake Murten were recorded using boat and dive mapping. In the process, 10 associations consisting of three plant alliances were detected and documented using phytosociological surveys. The five most common aquatic plant communities are Potametum pectinati Carstensen ex Hilbig 1971, Myriophylleto-Nupharetum Koch ex Hueck 1931, Phragmitetum australis Soo 1927 nom. mut. Balâtovâ-Tulâckovâ et al. 1993, Potametum lucentis Hueck 1931, and the Schoenoplectetum lacustris Eggler 1933. The vegetation boundary in the lake has doubled compared to 1979, from 3,0 m to 6,0 m due to reduced nutrient inputs. The studies in Lake Murten make a regional contribution to the knowledge of native aquatic plant communities.
- Subjects
LAKE of Morat (Switzerland); AQUATIC plants; MACROPHYTES; PLANT communities; VEGETATION dynamics
- Publication
Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 2023, Vol 102, p5
- ISSN
0037-9603
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5169/seals-1046406