Experimental data (Biomass, RGR, LDMC, SLA etc.) of Myriophyllum spicatum and Cabomba caroliniana

The synergy between climate change, eutrophication and biological invasion is threatening for native submerged plants in many ways. The response of submerged plants to these changes is a key factor that determines the outcome of biological invasion. In order to explain the invasion successes, we investigated the combined effects of climate change and eutrophication related environmental factors (temperature, light, nutrients) on the hard trait responses of a native and an alien submerged species (Myriophyllum spicatum, Cabomba caroliniana) from the same growth form. In a factorial design we cultivated the two species in aquaria containing low and high nutrient concentrations and incubated at four light intensities under two temperature levels. We used invasion related four functional traits (relative growth rate, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, nitrogen to carbon ratio) to measure the environmental response of the species. We calculated plasticity indexes to express the har...