Journal of Pollution Effects & Control
Open Access
ISSN: 2375-4397
ISSN: 2375-4397
Liu Guo-feng
China
Research Article
The Response of Macrophytes to Nutrients and Implications for the Control of Phytoplankton Blooms in East Taihu Lake, China
Author(s): Liu Guo-feng, Zhang lu, Fan Cheng-xin, Han Shi-qun, He Jun and Hans W. Paerl
Liu Guo-feng, Zhang lu, Fan Cheng-xin, Han Shi-qun, He Jun and Hans W. Paerl
When macrophytes are growing in the eutrophicated aquatic ecosystem, the vegetation induces important effects to the water quality and phytoplankton concentrations in the water which affected by macroscopic physical, chemical and biological processes and the effects are the results of direct and indirect interactions of the aquatic plants and water body. The interactions between macrophytes, nutrients and phytoplankton blooms were examined in the water and sediments of a shallow, eutrophic and typical East Taihu, China. The importance of macrophytes as a sink for nutrients, and the inhibitory effect of macrophytes on phytoplankton bloom potential were assessed through three different seasons. Luxuriant aquatic plants growth in this system led to decrease available nutrients for phytoplankton and prevented bloom development. Uptake of N and P by aquatic plants accounte.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2375-4397.1000113