Abstract
Due to the significant role of macrophytes in the functioning of lake ecosystems studies have
been undertaken to examine whether mutual dependence is present within emergent, floating-leaved,
and submerged aquatic macrophytes. The study included 5 small lakes from Polesie Lubelskie
region. The research included: qualitative analysis of macrophytes (area occupied by macrophytes,
composition, range of individual plant groups of occurrence), quantitative analysis of
macrophytes (biomass of macrophytes inhabiting the lake), analysis of distribution as well as
characteristics diversity of shoreline and surrounding land use. Because of differences in the environmental
conditions, mostly light availability, usage of buffer zone, among the three macrophyte
groups, changes in biomass were analyzed in this work suggests that complementarity not competition
drive the community. This phenomenon seems to occur only in macrophyte lakes where all
three groups are present and the surrounding buffer zones remain natural. In lakes where one of
the three groups of macrophytes were missing, it is likely that the ecological roles are fulfilled by
other plant groups, such as phytoplankton. The studied lakes represent both phytoplanton and
macrophyte type of lakes.
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Authors and Affiliations
Andrzej Demetraki-Paleolog