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Liu Z, Bai G, Liu Y, Zou Y, Ding Z, Wang R, Chen D, Kong L, Wang C, Liu L, Liu B, Zhou Q, He F, Wu Z, Zhang Y. Long-term study of ecological restoration in a typical shallow urban lake. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 846:157505. [PMID: 35870592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We investigated the long-term effects (6 years) of sediment improvement and submerged plant restoration of a subtropical shallow urban lake, Hangzhou West Lake China. To reveal the lake ecosystems variations, we analyzed the sediment properties, submerged macrophyte characteristics, sediment microorganisms, and benthic macroinvertebrate communities from 2015 to 2020. The ecological restoration project decreased sediment TP and OM, increased submerged macrophyte biomass and sediment microbial diversity, and improved the benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the restored area. The sediment TP decreased from 2.94 mg/g in 2015 to 1.33 mg/g in 2020. The sediment OM of the restored area decreased from 27.44 % in 2015 to 8.08 % in 2020. Principal component analysis (PCA) confirmed that the restoration improved the sediment conditions, making it suitable for the growth of submerged macrophytes, and then sped up the restoration and reconstruction of the lake ecosystem. These results have significant implications on the ecological management of shallow lakes.
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- Zisen Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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Licci S, Marmonier P, Wharton G, Delolme C, Mermillod-Blondin F, Simon L, Vallier F, Bouma TJ, Puijalon S. Scale-dependent effects of vegetation on flow velocity and biogeochemical conditions in aquatic systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 833:155123. [PMID: 35405245 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In rivers, scale-dependent feedbacks resulting from physical habitat modifications control the lateral expansion of submerged plant patches, while the mechanisms that limit patch expansion on a longitudinal dimension remain unknown. Our objective was to investigate the effects of patch length on physical habitat modification (i.e., flow velocity, sediment grain size distribution), the consequences for biogeochemical conditions (i.e., accumulation/depletion of nutrients, microbial respiration), and for individual plants (i.e., shoot length). We measured all of these parameters along natural patches of increasing length. These measurements were performed at two sites that differed in mean flow velocity, sediment grain size, and trophic level. The results showed a significant effect of patch length on organic matter content and nutrient concentrations in interstitial water. For the shortest patches sampled, all of these parameters had similar values to those measured at the upstream control position. For longer patches, organic matter content and orthophosphate and ammonium concentrations increased within the patch compared to the upstream bare sediment, whereas nitrate concentrations decreased, suggesting changes in vertical water exchanges and an increase in anaerobic microbial activities. Furthermore, plant height was related to patch length by a quadratic pattern, probably due reduced hydrodynamic stress occurring for increasing patch length, combined with conditions that are less favourable for plants over a threshold length, possibly due to the light limitation or to the high concentration of ammonium that in the concentration range we measured may be toxic for plants. The threshold lengths over which patches influence the nutrient concentrations were reduced for the site with higher nutrient levels. We demonstrated that the plant-induced modifications of the physical habitat exert important effects on biogeochemical conditions, with possible consequences for patch dynamics and ecosystem functioning.
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- Sofia Licci
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; Univ Lyon, INSA-LYON, DEEP, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Utrecht University, PO Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands; Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.
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Firmin A, Selosse MA, Dunand C, Elger A. Mixotrophy in aquatic plants, an overlooked ability. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 27:147-157. [PMID: 34565671 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Aquatic Embryophytes play a key role in the proper functioning of aquatic ecosystems, where carbon (inorganic and organic forms) is pivotal in biogeochemical processes. There is growing awareness that mixotrophy, the direct use of exogenous organic carbon by autotrophs, is a widespread phenomenon and that it has emerged recurrently in the evolution of many autotrophic lineages. Despite living in an environment providing organic matter and presenting many favourable predispositions, aquatic plants from the Embryophytes, except carnivorous ones, have never been deeply investigated for mixotrophy. Here, we address the possibility that aquatic plants may exhibit mixotrophy, a prospect overlooked by research until now, and that this may be much more widespread than imagined under the conventional paradigm of plants considered as strict autotrophs.
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- Antoine Firmin
- Laboratoire écologie fonctionnelle et environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP50, 75005 Paris, France; Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Laboratoire écologie fonctionnelle et environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France.
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Machado-Filho HDO, Dantas ÊW, Nascimento CWAD. Phylogenetic structure of aquatic plant assemblages in a climate sequence. RODRIGUÉSIA 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860202273092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract Floristic studies of aquatic plants and flora associated with aquatic ecosystems carried out in the Neotropical region have demonstrated the predominance and co-occurrence of the same plant families under different climatic conditions. One way to interpret this co-occurrence of groups with non-random patterns in assemblages is to understand their phylogenetic structure. Herein, we present an investigation that studied the rule of phylogenetic assembly on plants associated with reservoirs in a tropical climosequence in Northeast Brazil. We studied eight areas during the dry and rainy periods and characterized their climatic, chemical, and trace elements, as well as richness, diversity, and phylogenetic structure of their assemblages. We found a predominance of the families Fabaceae, Poaceae and Cyperaceae, especially in border areas. Among the species surveyed, we highlight those with amphibian life-form, autochoric-type dispersion syndrome and the taxa with patterns of wide geographical distribution. We observed that the seasonal effect ruled patterns of phylogenetic structure with tendency for non-co-familiarity. Water quality and sediment were the abiotic factors most efficient as predictors of richness and variations in phylogenetic metrics. In this sense, the family co-occurrence identified in the assemblages was less deterministic than expected through non-randomness, because temporally, guilds were distinctly structured in function of seasonality.
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Philippov DA, Komarova AS. Macrophyte diversity in rivers and streams of the Vologda Region and several other regions of Russia. Biodivers Data J 2021; 9:e76947. [PMID: 34916872 PMCID: PMC8671311 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.9.e76947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The data paper contains the authors' materials on the diversity of macrophytes, macroscopic plants regardless of their taxonomic position, in rivers and streams of East European Russia and Western Siberia. These data, collected on 247 rivers and 32 streams in 13 administrative regions of the Russian Federation, were provided as an occurrence dataset presented in the form of GBIF-mediated data. The main portion of the data was obtained in water objects of the Vologda Region (5201 occurrences). In addition, occurrences from the Arkhangelsk Region (347 occurrences), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (159), Yaroslavl Region (132), Novgorod Region (97), Kostroma Region (41), Republic of Karelia (31), Sverdlovsk Region (29), Komi Republic (28), Orenburg Region (26), Chelyabinsk Region (22), Voronezh Region (22) and Tyumen Region (18) were given. The studies were carried out mainly in the southern and middle taiga and, to a lesser extent, in the northern taiga and the forest-steppe. The analysed watercourses belong to five drainage basins: the Azov Sea, the Baltic Sea, the White Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Kara Sea. The dataset contains materials on the diversity of Plantae (6094 occurrences) and Chromista (59 occurrences). This paper, in a standardised form, summarises mostly unpublished materials on the biodiversity of lotic ecosystems. NEW INFORMATION The paper summarises the data obtained in long-term studies of phytodiversity in a range of rivers and streams of East European Russia and, fragmentarily, Western Siberia. A total of 6153 occurrences were included in the dataset. According to the GBIF taxonomic backbone, the dataset comprises 292 taxa, including 280 lower-rank taxa (species, subspecies, varieties) and 12 taxa identified to the genus level. All the occurrences are published openly through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) for the first time. Most of the data were stored in field diaries and, thus, by adding the data in GBIF, we believe that other researchers could benefit from it.
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- Dmitriy A. Philippov
- Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, RussiaPapanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of SciencesBorokRussia
- Tyumen State University, AquaBioSafe, Tyumen, RussiaTyumen State University, AquaBioSafeTyumenRussia
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- Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, RussiaPapanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of SciencesBorokRussia
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Ding Y, Pan B, Zhao G, Sun C, Han X, Li M. Geo-climatic factors weaken the effectiveness of phytoplankton diversity as a water quality indicator in a large sediment-laden river. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 792:148346. [PMID: 34144241 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The study aims to determine whether phytoplankton diversity can be used as an indicator of water quality in large-scale sediment-laden rivers with heterogeneous environmental conditions. We hypothesized that environmental factors, such as sediment load, water surface slope, and precipitation, may impact the effectiveness of using phytoplankton diversity as a water quality indicator. To test this hypothesis, the Yellow River was selected for phytoplankton diversity and water quality assessments. We measured water quality parameters, calculated phytoplankton diversity indices, and collected data on geo-climatic variables at 130 sampling points in the Yellow River mainstream over two seasons (spring and autumn) in 2019. The results of the water quality assessment based on phytoplankton diversity indices were compared with those based on water quality index (WQI). Correlation analysis, multiple stepwise regression, distance-based redundancy analysis, and regression modeling were used to explore the biogeographical patterns and drivers of phytoplankton diversity. According to the WQI, the water quality gradually deteriorated from the source to the estuary of the river. Three biodiversity indices (Margalef, Pielou, and Shannon-Wiener) indicated that the water quality varied dynamically in the middle reaches of the river. The actual relationships between the biodiversity indices and WQI did not fit well with the standard curves of water quality classification based on the respective biodiversity indices and WQI. Variation partitioning analysis indicated that water quality parameters, such as sediment and nutrient load, were the dominant drivers of variation in phytoplankton diversity in most cases, with the contribution ranging from 11.0% to 25.7%. Geo-climatic factors, such as water surface slope and annual mean precipitation, also affected phytoplankton diversity, with the contribution reaching 27.8%. Therefore, in sediment-laden rivers with a large geographical span and complex environment, phytoplankton diversity cannot be used as a suitable water quality indicator, albeit it can reflect habitat changes to a certain extent.
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- Yitong Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
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- Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Xi'an 710061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Wang Y, Wang W, Zhou Z, Xia W, Zhang Y. Effect of fast restoration of aquatic vegetation on phytoplankton community after removal of purse seine culture in Huayanghe Lakes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 768:144024. [PMID: 33736347 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The disappearance of submerged aquatic vegetation caused by the use of purse seine in productive fishery has aroused the attention of the national government. In order to restore aquatic vegetation, the government has removed the seine nets on the Huayanghe Lake's surface. Here, fourteen cruises were conducted in the Huayanghe Lakes from 2016 to 2019 to study the response of water quality and phytoplankton communities to rapidly recovering aquatic vegetation. The results showed that the restoration of aquatic vegetation increased the Secchi depth (from 65.36 to 105.52 cm) and dissolved oxygen (from 8.98 to 12.17 mg/L), while the concentration of total nitrogen (from 0.98 to 0.53 mg/L), and total phosphorus (from 0.04 to 0.02 mg/L) decreased, resulting in a 35.3% and 11.6% reduction in the total phytoplankton density and chlorophyll ɑ, respectively. In addition, the restoration of aquatic vegetation significantly increased Shannon-Wiener diversity, Margalef richness indices by 51.6% and 40.1%. We also observed that phytoplankton density exhibited significant changes based on nonmetric multidimensional scaling analysis (NMDS). In Lake Huangda, the coverage of aquatic vegetation was as high as 80%. We also observed that after the restoration of aquatic vegetation, the proportion of cyanobacteria decreased significantly by 21%. Our study emphasizes that aquatic plants can alleviate eutrophication and increase the diversity of phytoplankton, thus providing guidance for the restoration and protection of water ecosystems in the lakes connected to the Yangtze River.
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- Yutao Wang
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Water Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environmental of PRC, Guangzhou 510530, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, PR China.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, PR China
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Marip JB, Yuan X, Zhu H, Nooni IK, Amankwah SOY, Prempeh NA, Norgbey E, Yuguda TK, Khaing ZM. Spatial Distribution and Environmental Significance of Phosphorus Fractions in River Sediments and Its Influencing Factor from Hongze and Tiaoxi Watersheds, Eastern China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17165787. [PMID: 32785126 PMCID: PMC7459694 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17165787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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This study explored the spatial distribution of phosphorus fractions in river sediments and analyzed the relationship between different phosphorus fractions and their environmental influence on the sediments within different watersheds in Eastern China. River sediments from two inflow watersheds (Hongze and Tiaoxi) to Hongze and Taihu Lake in Eastern China were analyzed by the sequential extraction procedure. Five fractions of sedimentary phosphorus, including freely sorbed phosphorus (NH4Cl-P), redox-sensitive phosphorus (BD-P), bound phosphorus metal oxide (NaOH-P), bound phosphorus calcium (HCl-P), and residual phosphorus (Res-P) were all analyzed. The orders of rankings for the P fractions of the rivers Anhe and Suihe were HCl-P > NaOH-P > BD-P > NH4Cl-P and HCl-P > BD-P > NaOH-P > NH4Cl-P, respectively. For the rank order of the Hongze watershed, HCl-P was higher while the NH4Cl-P contents were significantly lower. The rank order for the Dongtiaoxi River was NaOH-P > HCl-P > BD-P > NH4Cl-P, and that of Xitiaoxi River was NaOH-P > BD-P > HCl-P > NH4Cl-P. Compared with the phosphorus forms of the Tiaoxi watershed, NaOH-P contents were significantly higher compared to HCl-P, which was significantly higher in the Hongze watershed. In comparison, NH4Cl-P contents were significantly lower in both. Variations may be attributed to differential discharge of the P form in the watershed due to land-use changes and urban river ambient conditions.
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- Ja Bawk Marip
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; (H.Z.); (E.N.); (T.K.Y.); (Z.M.K.)
- Correspondence: (J.B.M.); (X.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; (H.Z.); (E.N.); (T.K.Y.); (Z.M.K.)
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Industrial Green Technology, College of Ecology and Resources Engineering, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, China
- Correspondence: (J.B.M.); (X.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; (H.Z.); (E.N.); (T.K.Y.); (Z.M.K.)
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- Binjiang College of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, No. 333, Xishan Road, Wuxi 214105, China;
- School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;
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- School of Geosciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, PMB, Sunyani 3520, Ghana;
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; (H.Z.); (E.N.); (T.K.Y.); (Z.M.K.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; (H.Z.); (E.N.); (T.K.Y.); (Z.M.K.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; (H.Z.); (E.N.); (T.K.Y.); (Z.M.K.)
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Diversity of culturable aerobic denitrifying bacteria in the sediment, water and biofilms in Liangshui River of Beijing, China. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10032. [PMID: 28855587 PMCID: PMC5577267 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09556-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Aerobic denitrification is a process reducing the nitrate into gaseous nitrogen forms in the presence of oxygen gas, which makes the nitrification and denitrification performed simultaneously. However, little was known on the diversity of the culturable aerobic denitrifying bacteria in the surface water system. In this study, 116 strains of aerobic denitrifying bacteria were isolated from the sediment, water and biofilm samples in Liangshui River of Beijing. These bacteria were classified into 14 genera based on the 16 S rDNA, such as Pseudomonas, Rheinheimera, and Gemmobacter. The Pseudomonas sp., represented by the Pseudomonas stutzeri, Pseudomonas mendocina and Pseudomonas putida, composed the major culturable aerobic denitrifiers of the river, followed by Ochrobactrum sp. and Rheinheimera sp. The PCA plot showed the unclassified Pseudomonas sp. and Rheinheimera pacifica preferred to inhabit in biofilm phase while one unclassified Ochrobactrum sp. and Pseudomonas resinovorans had higher abundance in the sediment. In the overlying water, the Pseudomonas stutzeri and Ochrobactrum rhizosphaerae were found to have higher abundance, indicating these aerobic denitrifiers had different habitat-preferable characteristics among the 3 phases of river system. The findings may help select the niche to isolate the aerobic denitrifiers and facilitate the bioaugmentation-based purification of the nitrate polluted surface water.
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George P, Joseph S. Appraisal of nutrient distribution in the surface water and bed sediments of a small mountainous river. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2017; 189:183. [PMID: 28342051 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-5874-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A total of 42 (21 surface water and 21 bed sediments) samples were collected from upstream to downstream stretches of Meenachil river during pre-monsoon (PRM), monsoon (MON) and post monsoon (POM) seasons. DOC in water showed increasing trend spatially while temporal study illustrates high mean value during PRM (1.58 ppm) followed by POM (0.97) and MON (0.36). Spatial assessment of elements such as Ca, Mg, K and Na in sediments reveals erratic trend during different seasons, while total phosphorous showed escalating trend signifying abrupt addition from anthropogenic sources. Based on characteristic carbon to nitrogen ratio, the study demonstrates significant control of macrophyte in terrestrial organic matter accumulation along downstream stations.
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- Prince George
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, India.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, India
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Liu S, Zhu Y, Wu F, Meng W, Wang H, He Z, Guo W, Song F, Giesy JP. Using solid 13C NMR coupled with solution 31P NMR spectroscopy to investigate molecular species and lability of organic carbon and phosphorus from aquatic plants in Tai Lake, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:1880-1889. [PMID: 27796999 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7954-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Forms and labilities of plant-derived organic matters (OMs) including carbon (C) and phosphorus (P) were fundamental for understanding their release, degradation and environmental behaviour in lake ecosystems. Thus, solid 13C and solution 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy were used to characterize biomass of six aquatic plants in Tai Lake, China. The results showed that carbohydrates (61.2% of the total C) were predominant C functional group in the solid 13C NMR spectra of plant biomass, which may indicate high lability and bioavailability of aquatic plants-derived organic matter in lakes. There was 72.6-103.7% of the total P in aquatic plant biomass extracted by NaOH-EDTA extracts. Solution 31P NMR analysis of these NaOH-EDTA extracts further identified several molecular species of P including orthophosphate (50.1%), orthophosphate monoesters (46.8%), DNA (1.6%) and pyrophosphate (1.4%). Orthophosphate monoesters included β-glycerophosphate (17.7%), hydrolysis products of RNA (11.7%), α-glycerophosphate (9.2%) and other unknown monoesters (2.1%). Additionally, phytate, the major form of organic P in many lake sediments, was detected in floating plant water poppy. These inorganic P (e.g. orthophosphate and pyrophosphate) and organic P (e.g. diester and its degradation products) identified in plant biomass were all labile and bioavailable P, which would play an important role in recycling of P in lakes. These results increased knowledge of chemical composition and bioavailability of OMs derived from aquatic plants in lakes.
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- Shasha Liu
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
- Department of Biomedical and Veterinary Biosciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Weberg MA, Murphy BR, Rypel AL, Copeland JR. A Survey of the New River Aquatic Plant Community in Response to Recent Triploid Grass Carp Introductions into Claytor Lake, Virginia. SOUTHEAST NAT 2015. [DOI: 10.1656/058.014.0211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polechońska L, Klink A. Accumulation and distribution of macroelements in the organs of Phalaris arundinacea L.: Implication for phytoremediation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2014; 49:1385-1391. [PMID: 25072770 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2014.928494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess nutrient and alkali metal accumulation and their distribution in the organs of Phalaris arundinacea and relations between environmental macroelement concentrations and accumulation in plant tissues. The content of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Na in water, bottom sediments and different organs of Phalaris arundinacea from the Bystrzyca River (Lower Silesia) was determined. The organs of the reed canary grass contained relatively high amounts of macroelements and differed significantly in their accumulation. All macroelements other than Na were accumulated in the highest amounts in aboveground, photosynthetic tissues. Phalaris arundinacea is an Na and Ca excluder plant and an N, P, Mg and K accumulator. Transport efficiency from bottom sediments to plant roots was higher than between plant organs. Nitrogen, P and K are taken up actively while Ca passively. The high translocation ratio of nutrients, particularly for Ca, Mg, K and N, makes the reed canary grass suitable for nutrient phytoextraction from water and bottom sediments of eutrophic lakes and rivers. Bottom sediments can be considered the primary source of Ca for Phalaris arundinacea.
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- Ludmiła Polechońska
- a Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection , University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland
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Kissoon LTT, Jacob DL, Hanson MA, Herwig BR, Bowe SE, Otte ML. Macrophytes in shallow lakes: relationships with water, sediment and watershed characteristics. AQUATIC BOTANY 2013; 109:39-48. [PMID: 23997402 PMCID: PMC3752979 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We examined macrophyte-environment relationships in shallow lakes located within the Prairie Parkland and Laurentian Mixed Forest provinces of Minnesota. Environmental variables included land cover within lake watersheds, and within-lake, water and sediment characteristics. CCA indicated that sediment fraction smaller than 63 μm (f<63), open water area, turbidity, and percent woodland and agricultural cover in watersheds were significant environmental variables explaining 36.6% of variation in macrophyte cover. When Province was added to the analysis as a spatial covariate, these environmental variables explained 30.8% of the variation in macrophyte cover. CCA also indicated that pH, f<63, percent woodland cover in watersheds, open water area, emergent vegetation area, and organic matter content were significant environmental variables explaining 43.5% of the variation in macrophyte biomass. When Province was added to the analysis as a spatial covariate, these environmental variables explained 39.1% of the variation in macrophyte biomass. The f<63 was the most important environmental variable explaining variation for both measures of macrophyte abundance (cover and biomass) when Province was added as a spatial covariate to the models. Percent woodland in watersheds, turbidity, open water area, and Ca+Mg explained 34.5% of the variation in macrophyte community composition. Most species showed a negative relationship with turbidity and open water area except for Potamogeton richardsonii, Stuckenia pectinata, and filamentous algae. Our study further demonstrates the extent to which macrophyte abundance and community composition are related to site- and watershed-scale variables including lake morphology, water and sediment characteristics, and percent land cover of adjacent uplands.
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- La Toya T Kissoon
- Wet Ecosystem Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, NDSU Department 2715, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050
- Corresponding author: , Phone: 701-231-8999
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- Wet Ecosystem Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, NDSU Department 2715, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050
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- Minnesota DNR, Wetland Wildlife Population and Research Group, Bemidji, MN
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- Minnesota DNR, Wetland Wildlife Population and Research Group, Bemidji, MN
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- Red Lake DNR, Water Resources Program, Red Lake, MN
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- Wet Ecosystem Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, NDSU Department 2715, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050
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Spatial pattern of native species Myriophyllum spicatum and invasive alien species Elodea nuttallii after introduction of the latter one into the Drava River (Slovenia). Biologia (Bratisl) 2013. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-013-0006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Life strategies of Viviparidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Architaenioglossa) in various aquatic habitats: Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) and V. contectus (Millet, 1813). FOLIA MALACOLOGICA 2012. [DOI: 10.2478/v10125-012-0013-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Meyer A, Combroux I, Trémolières M. Dynamics of Nutrient Contents (Phosphorus, Nitrogen) in Water, Sediment and Plants After Restoration of Connectivity in Side-Channels of the River Rhine. Restor Ecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100x.2012.00884.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wu M, Huang S, Wen W, Sun X, Tang X, Scholz M. Nutrient distribution within and release from the contaminated sediment of Haihe River. J Environ Sci (China) 2011; 23:1086-1094. [PMID: 22125900 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(10)60491-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We assessed nutrient characteristics, distributions and fractions within the disturbed and undisturbed sediments at four sampling sites within the mainstream of Haihe River. The river sediments contained mostly sand (> 60%). The fraction of clay was < 3%. Total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations ranged from 729 to 1922 mg/kg and from 692 to 1388 mg/kg, respectively. Nutrient concentrations within the sediments usually decreased with increasing depth. The TN and TP concentrations within the fine sand were higher than for that within silt. Sediment phosphorus fractions were between 2.99% and 3.37% Ex-P (exchangeable phosphorus), 7.89% and 13.71% Fe/Al-P (Fe, Al oxides bound phosphorus), 61.32% and 70.14% Ca-P (calcium-bound phosphorus), and 17.03% and 22.04% Org-P (organic phosphorus). Nitrogen and phosphorus release from sediment could lead to the presence of 21.02 mg N/L and 3.10 mg P/L within the water column. A river restoration project should address the sediment nutrient stock.
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- Min Wu
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China.
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Hengst A, Melton J, Murray L. Estuarine Restoration of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation: The Nursery Bed Effect. Restor Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100x.2010.00700.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Holman IP, Howden NJK, Bellamy P, Willby N, Whelan MJ, Rivas-Casado M. An assessment of the risk to surface water ecosystems of groundwater P in the UK and Ireland. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2010; 408:1847-1857. [PMID: 19945150 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Revised: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A good quantitative understanding of phosphorus (P) delivery is essential in the design of management strategies to prevent eutrophication of terrestrial freshwaters. Most research to date has focussed on surface and near-surface hydrological pathways, under the common assumption that little P leaches to groundwater. Here we present an analysis of national patterns of groundwater phosphate concentrations in England and Wales, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland, which shows that many groundwater bodies have median P concentrations above ecologically significant thresholds for freshwaters. The potential risk to receptor ecosystems of high observed groundwater P concentrations will depend on (1) whether the observed groundwater P concentrations are above the natural background; (2) the influence of local hydrogeological settings (pathways) on the likelihood of significant P transfers to the receptor; (3) the sensitivity of the receptor to P; and, (4) the relative magnitude of P transfers from groundwater compared to other P sources. Our research suggests that, although there is often a high degree of uncertainty in many of these factors, groundwater has the potential to trigger and/or maintain eutrophication under certain scenarios: the assumption of groundwater contribution to river flows as a ubiquitous source of dilution for P-rich surface runoff must therefore be questioned. Given the regulatory importance of P concentrations in triggering ecological quality thresholds, there is an urgent need for detailed monitoring and research to characterise the extent and magnitude of different groundwater P sources, the likelihood for P transformation and/or storage along aquifer-hyporheic zone flow paths and to identify the subsequent risk to receptor ecosystems.
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- I P Holman
- Natural Resources Department, Cranfield University, Bedford, UK
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Demars BOL, Trémolières M. Aquatic macrophytes as bioindicators of carbon dioxide in groundwater fed rivers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2009; 407:4752-4763. [PMID: 19457544 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Aquatic plants have been used as hydrological tracers in groundwater fed river systems. In nature, patterns in plant distribution have been attributed to ammonium (NH(4)) toxicity and phosphate (PO(4)) limitation, while some laboratory studies have focused on the role of the partial pressure of CO(2) (pCO(2)). The aims of this study were (i) to test whether plant distribution was more related to pCO(2) than NH(4) and PO(4) in nature, (ii) to develop and test the predictive power of new plant indices for pCO(2), NH(4) and PO(4), and (iii) to test the potential causality of the relationships using species eco-physiological traits. These tests were carried out with field data from the Rhine, Rhône and Danube river basins. Species composition was best related to the effect of pCO(2). The pCO(2) plant index was well calibrated (r(2)=0.73) and had the best predictive power (r(2)=0.47) of the three indices tested on independent datasets. The plant-pCO(2) relationship was supported by a biological mechanism: the ability of strictly submerged species of aquatic vascular plants to use HCO(3) under low pCO(2). This was not the whole story: the effects of pCO(2), NH(4) and PO(4) on plant distribution were partially confounded and interacted all together with temperature. However, neither NH(4) toxicity nor P limitation could be asserted using species eco-physiological traits. Moreover, the predictive power of the NH(4) and PO(4) plant indices was not as strong as pCO(2), at r(2)=0.24 and r(2)=0.27, respectively. Other potentially confounding variables such as spatial structure, biotic and physical factors were unlikely to confound the findings of this study.
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- Benoît O L Demars
- The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK.
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AbstractThis study analysed seasonal dynamics of macrophyte abundance in two perennial lowland regulated streams (Stream 1 and 2) in the Danube basin (Slovakia). Assessments of macrophyte abundance and environmental characteristics were accomplished 7 times during the vegetation period in 2005 within a 100 m long section. Statistically significant differences in total abundance of macrophytes as well as an abundance of macrophyte groups (hydrophytes, amphiphytes, helophytes) and Potamogeton nodosus were detected among months within the vegetation period. Abundance fluctuations for individual macrophyte groups and species were moderate in Stream 1 and much stronger in Stream 2. Only amphiphytes showed bimodal temporal distribution in Stream 1, but the abundance of this group was low, reflecting more or less random occurrence of species in vegetation period. Multiple linear regression revealed that water depths and air temperature are the most significant environmental variables affecting the seasonal pattern of total as well as dominating group abundance in Stream 1 and 2, respectively. In all cases, abundances are significantly influenced by the abundance of the respective group in the preceding month. Culmination time differed between streams for all macrophyte groups except helophytes. Total abundance culminated 0.57 month later in the Stream 1 compared to Stream 2.
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Demars BOL, Edwards AC. Distribution of aquatic macrophytes in contrasting river systems: a critique of compositional-based assessment of water quality. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2009; 407:975-990. [PMID: 18977514 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2008] [Revised: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A brief summary of the historical developments relating to plant distribution and aquatic macrophyte-nutrient indices provided a means of assessing the general context and validity of previous assumptions. This has particular current relevance because of the prominent use of bioindicators for defining nutrient enrichment. A survey of 161 sites distributed across two broadly contrasting groups of rivers (circum-neutral versus alkaline) recorded 110 species of aquatic macrophytes and these have been statistically analyzed to (i) rank and separate the individual effects of local environmental conditions and spatial isolation on species distribution in the two contrasting groups of sites; (ii) calculate a macrophyte index based on plant cover and species indicator values (Mean Trophic Rank, MTR); and finally (iii) investigate the implications for biomonitoring. Chemical, physical and hydrological site attributes together with spatial isolation, each explained a significant and at least partially independent influence over plant species distribution. It was extremely difficult, however, to separate the single effects of different site attributes on plant distribution. While some plant species are more restricted to certain environmental conditions, many appeared indifferent to the range of those being tested. The role played by nutrients (nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)) were either mostly indistinguishable from other site attributes (e.g., nitrate from conductivity) or subordinate (e.g., soluble reactive phosphorus, ammonium). It is therefore very unlikely that macrophyte species composition could provide a reliable bioindicator of the surrounding nutrient (N, P) status. The calculation of the plant index illustrated this unreliability by showing that strong correlations existed with many environmental variables, not just inorganic N and P.
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- Benoît O L Demars
- The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK.
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Franklin P, Dunbar M, Whitehead P. Flow controls on lowland river macrophytes: a review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2008; 400:369-378. [PMID: 18644618 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We review the current status of knowledge regarding the role that flow parameters play in controlling the macrophyte communities of temperate lowland rivers. We consider both direct and indirect effects and the interaction with other factors known to control macrophyte communities. Knowledge gaps are identified and implications for the management of river systems considered. The main factors and processes controlling the status of macrophytes in lowland rivers are velocity (hence also discharge), light, substrate, competition, nutrient status and river management practices. We suggest that whilst the characteristics of any particular macrophyte community reflect the integral effects of a combination of the factors, fundamental importance can be attributed to the role of discharge and velocity in controlling instream macrophyte colonisation, establishment and persistence. Velocity and discharge also appear to control the relative influence of some of the other controlling factors. Despite the apparent importance of velocity in determining the status of macrophyte communities in lowland rivers, relatively little is understood about the nature of the processes controlling this relationship. Quantitative knowledge is particularly lacking. Consequently, the ability to predict macrophyte abundance and distribution in rivers is still limited. This is further complicated by the likely existence of feedback effects between the growth of macrophytes and velocity. Demand for water resources increases the pressure on lowland aquatic ecosystems. Despite growing recognition of the need to allocate water for the needs of instream biota, the inability to assess the flow requirements of macrophyte communities limits the scope to achieve this. This increases the likelihood of overexploitation of the water resource as other users, whose demands are quantifiable, are prioritised.
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- Paul Franklin
- Aquatic Environments Research Centre, Department of Geography, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK.
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Samecka-Cymerman A, Kempers AJ. Heavy metals in aquatic macrophytes from two small rivers polluted by urban, agricultural and textile industry sewages SW Poland. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2007; 53:198-206. [PMID: 17549539 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0059-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This article presents the results from a study of the comparison of 2 lowland rivers: the Olobok and the Pilawa in southwest Poland polluted by urban, agricultural, and textile industry sewages. pH and concentrations of Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate, and sulfate were measured in water samples and concentrations of Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, N, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, and Zn were measured in stream bottom sediments and in the aquatic macrophytes Elodea canadensis, Callitriche verna, Potamogeton crispus, Potamogeton natans, and Ceratophyllum demersum from the river Olobok and Elodea canadensis, Polygonum amphibium, Potamogeton crispus, and Veronica beccabunga from the river Pilawa. The matrix of concentrations of 16 elements in 27 plant samples of 7 species from 15 sampling sites of 2 rivers and concentrations of 15 elements and pH in water samples and 16 elements and pH in bottom sediment samples of these sites was submitted to numerical classification, which revealed that sampling sites from the rivers were differentiated by the value of factor 1 of principal component analysis (PCA), which was related to the pH of water, Ca, Cu, Mg, Mn, and Ni in water and Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Ni, P, and S in bottom sediments. More polluted parts of both rivers were differentiated from less polluted parts by the value of factor 2 of PCA, which was related to Pb, Zn, and sulfates in water and Ca and Zn in bottom sediments. Macrophytes from the Olobok and Pilawa rivers were differentiated by the value of factor 1, which was related to Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Ni, N, Na, Pb, and S. Groups of macrophytes of more and less polluted parts of both rivers differed by the value of factor 2, which was related to P, K, and Mn. Downstream of the sewage outputs in both rivers, a significantly increased level of pollution occurs with elements correlated with factor 1: Among others were Cu and Cr, typical for the textile industry along the river Pilawa, and among others were Mn and Ni, typical for the urban and agricultural activities in the river Olobok.
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- A Samecka-Cymerman
- Department of Ecology and Nature Protection, Wroclaw University, ul. Kanonia 6/8, 50-328, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Sediment Habitat of Ranunculus spp. in Lowland Chalk Streams – Implications for Ecological Status? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9051-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Diversity of aquatic macrophytes in relation to environmental factors in the Slatina river (Slovakia). Biologia (Bratisl) 2006. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0071-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Evans DJ, Johnes PJ, Lawrence DS. Physico-chemical controls on phosphorus cycling in two lowland streams. Part 2--the sediment phase. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2004; 329:165-182. [PMID: 15262165 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2003] [Revised: 02/20/2004] [Accepted: 02/21/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This article investigates the temporal and spatial controls on sediment-phosphorus (P) dynamics in two contrasting sub-catchments of the River Kennet, England. Suspended sediment (collected under representative flow conditions) and size-fractionated bedload (collected weekly for one year) from the Rivers Lambourn and Enborne was analysed for a range of physico-chemical determinands. Total P concentrations were highest in the most mobile fractions of sediment: suspended sediment, fine silt and clay and organic matter (mean concentrations of 1758, 1548 and 1440 microg P g(-1) dry sediment, respectively). Correlation analysis showed significant relationships between total P and total iron (n= 110), total manganese (n= 110), organic matter (n= 110) and specific surface area (n= 28) in the Lambourn (r2 0.71, 0.68, 0.62 and 0.52, respectively) and between total P and total iron (n= 110), total manganese (n= 110) and organic matter (n= 110) in the Enborne (r2 0.74, 0.85 and 0.68, respectively). These data highlight the importance of metal oxyhydroxide adsorption of P on fine particulates and organic matter. However, high total P concentrations in the granule gravel and coarse sand size fraction during the summer period (mean concentration 228 microg P g(-1) dry sediment) also highlight the role of calcite co-precipitation on P dynamics in the Lambourn. P to cation ratios in Lambourn sediment indicated that fine silt and clay and granule gravel and coarse sand size fractions were potential sources of P release to the water column during specific periods of the summer and autumn. In the Enborne, however, only the granule gravel and coarse sand size fraction had high ratios and a slow, constant release of P was observed. In addition, scanning electron microscopy work confirmed the association of P with calcite in the Lambourn and P with iron on clay particles in the Enborne. The study highlighted the importance of the chemical and physical properties of the sediment in influencing the mechanisms controlling P storage and release within river channels.
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- D J Evans
- Aquatic Environments Research Centre, Department of Geography, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AB, UK.
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