Biomass and nutrient stock of submersed and floating macrophytes in shallow lakes formed by rewetting of degraded fens

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 692, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-109

  Steffenhagen, P ^a   Zak, D ^b   Schulz, K ^a   Timmermann, T ^a   Zerbe, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllum demersum; Fen restoration; Lemna minor; Nitrogen; Nutrient retention; Peat soils; Phosphorus; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FEN; MACROPHYTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REWETTING; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

GERMANY;

ARACEAE; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; LEMNA MINOR; SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA;

EID: 84862137165     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0833-y     Document Type: Article

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