The 'home-field advantage' (HFA) hypothesis states that litter decomposes faster in its 'home' habitat, i.e., in the same habitat as the plant species from which it was derived than it does 'away' from its home, i.e., in the habitat of a different plant species. However, studies pertaining to HFA in aquatic ecosystems are relatively few. One area not well-studied is whether the presence of living plants has an effect on the HFA of aquatic macrophyte decomposition in a eutrophic lake. Here, we conducted reciprocal litter transplanting experiments, coupled with removal of living plants, between ...
