2014Effect of removal of free-floating macrophytes

2014Effect of removal of free-floating macrophytes on zooplankton habitat in shallow wetlandKnowledgeandManagementofAquaticEcosystems(2014)414,11http://www.kmae-journal.orgc�ONEMA,2014DOI:10.1051/kmae/2014023Effectofremovaloffree-floatingmacrophytesonzooplanktonhabitatinshallowwetlandJong-YunChoi(1),Kwang-SeukJeong(1),(2),Geung-HwanLa(3),Gea-JaeJoo(1),�ReceivedFebruary18,2014RevisedJune23,2014AcceptedJune24,2014ABSTRACTKey-words:submergedmacrophyte,macrophytehabitat,zooplankton,speciesdiversity,shallowwetlandSubmergedmacrophytesimprovethestructuralheterogeneityofmi-crohabitatsinaquaticecosystems,oftenprovidinganimportanthabi-tatforzooplankton.However,excessivedevelopmentoffree-floatingmacrophytesonthewatersurfacecanreducethebiomassofsub-mergedmacrophytesandresultinarelativelysimplehabitatstructure.Wehypothesizedthatcontrollingthedevelopmentoffree-floatingmacro-phyteswouldresultinamorecomplexhabitatstructurebypromotingthedevelopmentofsubmergedmacrophytes.Afterapplyingthreeex-perimentalt