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Nutrient-rich sediment promotes, while fertile water inhibits the growth of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria denseserrulata: implications for shallow lake restoration
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Journal Article
Nutrient-rich sediment promotes, while fertile water inhibits the growth of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria denseserrulata: implications for shallow lake restoration
2024
Overview
Submerged macrophytes are crucial for the restoration of shallow eutrophic lake but they are diminished in coverage or lost with eutrophication. Their recovery after nutrient loading reduction depends on water and sediment nutrient levels. We studied the combined impacts of sediment fertility (low/high nitrogen and phosphorus content) and water nutrient concentrations (low/high nitrogen and phosphorus addition) on
Vallisneria denseserrulata
in a mesocosm experiment. We hypothesized that both the elevated external nutrient addition and high sediment nutrient contents would inhibit plant growth. We found that an increase in nutrient concentrations resulted in a significant increase in algal biomass. Furthermore, high external nutrient addition significantly reduced both the relative growth rate (RGR) and the density of
V. denseserrulata
growing in the nutrient-rich sediment, while in the nutrient-poor sediment treatment, RGR was not affected but the plant density decreased. Interestingly, low nutrient addition appeared to be more conducive to growth and reproduction of
V. denseserrulata
in the nutrient-rich sediment than in the nutrient-poor sediment. Our findings emphasize the importance of reducing external nutrient inputs is of key higher importance when restoring shallow eutrophic lakes, while the plants may benefit of the nutrient-rich sediment occurring in such lakes after eutrophication.
