Macrophyte assemblages in ditches of coastal marshes in relation to land-use, salinity and water quality

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-337

  Hinojosa Garro, Demián ^a,b   Mason, Christopher F ^a   Underwood, Graham J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Grazing marshes; Land use; Macrophytes; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLITRICHE STAGNALIS; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POTAMOGETON CRISPUS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PELTATUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 56149114987     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0172-0325     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. APHA, 1995: Standard methods for examination of water and wastewater. 19th edition. - American Public Health Association. Washington. pp. 2-81.
2. Balls, H., Moss, B. & Irvine, K., 1989: The Loss of submerged plants with eutrophication. I. Experimental design, water chemistry, aquatic plant and phytoplankton biomass in experiments carried out in ponds in the Norfolk Broadland. - Freshwat. Biol. 22: 71-87.
3. Barko, J. W. & Smart, R. M., 1986: Sediment-related mechanisms of growth limitations in submerged macrophytes. - Ecology 67: 1328-1340.
4. Davidson, N. C., Laffoley, D. d'A., Doody, J. P., Way, L. S., Gordon, J., Key, R., Drake, C. M., Pienkowski, M. W., Mitchell, R. & Duff, K. L., 1991: Nature conservation and estuaries in Great Britain. - Nature Conservancy Council. Peterborough. pp. 1-76.
5. Driscoll, R. J., 1985: The effect of changes in land management on the dyke flora at Somerton and Winterton. - Transact. Norfolk Norwich Nation. Soc. 27: 33-41.
6. Ewing, K. & Kershaw, K. A., 1986: Vegetation patterns in James Bay coastal grazing marshes. I. Environmental factors on the south coast. - Can. J. Bot. 64: 217-226.
7. Flynn, M., McKee, K. L. & Mendelssohn, I. A., 1995: Recovery of freshwater marsh vegetation after a saltwater intrusion event. - Oecologia 103: 63-72.
8. Foster, G. N., Foster, A. P., Eyre, M. D. & Bilton, D. T., 1990: Classification of water beetle assemblages in arable fenland and ranking of sites in relation to conservation values. - Freshwat. Biol. 22: 343-354.
9. George, M., 1992: The land use, ecology and conservation of Broadland. - Packard, Chichester. pp. 1-558.
10. Grillas, P., 1990: Distribution of submerged macrophytes in the Camargue in relation to environmental factors. - J. Vegetat. Sci. 3: 393-402.
11. Haslam, S. M., 1978: River Plants: the Macrophytic Vegetation of Water Courses. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 1-396.
12. Hill, M. O., 1979: TWINSPAN-A FORTRAN Program for Arranging Multivariate in and Ordered Two-Way table by classification of the individual and attributes. - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. pp. 1-90.
13. Hinojosa-Garro, D., 2004: Water quality and community structure in coastal grazing marsh ditches. - PhD thesis, University of Essex. pp. 1-169.
14. Hoffman, W. A. & Poorter, H., 2002: Avoiding bias in calculation of relative growth rate. - Ann. Bot. 80: 37-42.
15. Hough, A. R., Fornwall, M. D., Negele, B. J., Thompson, L. R. & Putt, A. D., 1989: Plant community dynamics in a chain of lakes: principal factors in the decline of rooted macrophytes with eutrophication. - Hydrobiologia 173: 199-217.
16. Howard, R. J. & Mendelssohn, I. A., 2000: Structure and composition of oligohaline marsh plant communities exposed to salinity pulses. - Aquat. Bot. 68: 143-164.
17. Ivanicic, I. & Degobbis, D., 1984: An optimal manual procedure for ammonium analysis in natural waters by the indophenol blue method. - Wat. Res. 18: 1143-1147.
18. Jones, J. I. Moss, B. & Young, J. O., 1998: The interactions between periphyton, non-molluscan invertebrates and fish in standing freshwaters. - In: Jeppesen E., Sondergaard, Ma., Sondergaard, Mo. & Christophersen, K. (eds): The structuring role of submerged macrophytes in lakes. - Springer, New York. pp. 69-91.
19. Jones, J. I. & Saver, C. D., 2003: Does the fish-invertebrate- periphyton cascade precipitate plant loss in shallow lakes? - Ecology 84: 2155-2167.
20. Jones, J. I., Young, J. O. & Eaton, J. W., 2002: The influence of nutrient loading, dissolved inorganic carbon and higher trophic levels on the interaction between submerged plants and periphyton. - J. Ecol. 90: 12-24.
21. Kamphake, L. J., Hannah, S. A. & Cohen, J. M., 1967: Automated analysis for nitrate by hydrazine reduction. - Wat. Res. 1: 205-216.
22. Lissner, J. & Chierrp, H. H., 1997: Effects of salinity on the growth of Phragmites australis. - Aquat. Bot. 55: 247-260.
23. McKee, K. & Mendelssohn, I. A., 1989: Response of a freshwater marsh plant community to increased salinity and increased water level. - Aquat. Bot. 34: 301-316.
24. Moss, B., 1983: The Norfolk Broadlands: experiments in the restoration of a complex wetland. - Biol. Rev. 58: 521-561.
25. Murphy, K. J. & Riley, J. P., 1962: A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters. -Transact. Norfolk Norwich Nation. Soc. 27: 31-36.
26. Murphy, K. J., Rørslett, B. & Springuel, I., 1990: Strategy analysis of submerged lake macrophyte communities: an international example. - Aquat. Bot. 36: 303-323.
27. Nichols, S. A., 1991: The interaction between biology and management of aquatic macrophytes. - Aquat. Bot. 41: 225-252.
28. Painter, D. J., 1995: Fen ditch excavation patterns: effects on aquatic communities. - Ph.D. thesis. University of Cambridge. pp. 1-145.
29. _ 1999: Macroinvertebrate distribution and the conservation value of aquatic Coleoptera, Mollusca and Odonata in the ditches of a traditionally managed and grazing fen at Wicken Fen. UK. - J. Appl. Biol. 36: 33-48.
30. Painter, D. J. & Friday, L. E., 1995: Restoring fen ditches: the case of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve. - In: Wheeler, B. D., Shaw, S. C., Fojt, W. J. & Robertson, R. A. (eds): Restoration of temperate wetlands. - John Wiley, Chichester, pp. 141-150.
31. Rogers, S. J., McFarland, D. G. & Barko, J. W., 1995: Evaluation of the growth of Vallisneria americana (Michx) in relation to sediment nutrient availability. - Lake Reserv. Manage. 11: 57-66.
32. Sabbatini, M. R. & Murphy, K. J., 1996a: Submerged plants survival strategies in relation to management and environment pressures in drainage channel habitats. - Hydrobiologia 340: 191-195.
33. _ 1996b: Response of Callitriche and Potamogeton to cutting, dredging and shade in England. - J. Plant Manage. 34: 8-12.
34. Sabbatini, M. R., Murphy, K. J. & Irigoven, J. H., 1998: Vegetation-environment relationship in irrigation channels systems of Southern Argentina. - Aquat. Bot. 60: 119-133.
35. Samuels, A. J. & Mason, C. F., 1997: Ecology of eutrophic waterbodies in a coastal grazing marsh. - Hydrobiologia 346: 203-214.
36. Scheffer, M., 1998: Ecology of shallow lakes. - Chapman and Hall, London. pp. 1-357.
37. Strickland, J. D. H. & Parsons, T. R., 1972: A practical handbook of water analysis. - Fisher. Res. Board Canada, Ottawa. pp. 1-310.
38. ter Braak, C. J. F., 1987: CANOCO-a FORTRAN Program for Community Ordination by (Partial) (Detrended) (Canonical) Correspondence analysis, version 2.10. - Agricultural Mathematics Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands. pp. 1-95.
39. _ 1990: Update notes: CANOCO, Version 3.10. - Agricultural Mathematics Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands. pp. 1-35.
40. Underwood, G. J. C. & Paterson, D. M., 1993: Seasonal changes in diatom biomass, sediment stability and biogenic stabilization in the Severn Estuary. - J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 73: 871-887.
41. Verdouw, D., Echteld van, C. J. A. & Dekkers, E. M. J., 1978: Ammonia determination based on indophenol formation with sodium salicylate. - Wat. Res. 12: 399-402.
42. Williams, G. & Hall, M., 1987: The loss of coastal grazing marshes in south and east England, with special references to East Essex, England. - Biol. Conserv. 39: 243-253.