Nutrient dynamics in water and sediment of Mediterranean ponds across a wide hydroperiod gradient

Limnologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-290

  Sahuquillo, María ^a   Miracle, Maria Rosa ^a   Morata, Sara María ^a   Vicente, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argillotrophic ponds; Denitrification; Desiccation; Suspended sediments; Temporary ponds; TN TP ratio; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPERIOD; LAND USE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; POND; SPRING WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

SPAIN;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84867463553     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Álvarez-Cobelas M., Rojo C., Angeler D. Mediterranean limnology: current status, gaps, and the future. J. Limnol. 2005, 64:13-29.
2. Alonso M. Las lagunas de la España peninsular. Limnetica 1998, 15:1-176.
3. Ameel J.J., Axler R.P., Owen C.J. Persulfate digestion for determination of total nitrogen and phosphorus in low nutrient water. Am. Environ. Lab. 1993, 5:2-11.
4. APHA. American Public Health Association, 1992. Standard Methods for the Examination of the Water and Wastewater, 18th ed. Washington, DC.
5. Bachmann R.W., Canfield D.E. Use of an alternative method for monitoring total nitrogen concentrations in Florida lakes. Hydrobiologia 1996, 323:1-8.
6. Busnardo M.J., Gesberg R.M., Langis R., Sinicrope T.L., Zedles J.B. Nitrogen and phosphorous removal by wetland mesocosm subjected to different hydroperiods. Ecol. Eng. 1992, 1:287-307.
7. Castelli G., Marrone F., Barone R., Naselli Flores L. Crustacean dynamics in two argillotrophic, temporary ponds (Northwestern Sicily, Italy). Verh. Inter. Verein Limnol. 2006, 29:1265-1270.
8. Chaichana R., Leah R., Moss B. Conservation of pond systems: a case study of intractability, Brown Moss, UK. Hydrobiologia 2011, 664:17-23.
9. Davies B.R., Biggs J., Williams P., Lee J.T., Thompson S. A comparison of the catchment sizes of rivers, streams, ponds, ditches and lakes: implications for protecting aquatic biodiversity in an agricultural landscape. Hydrobiologia 2008, 597:7-17.
10. Declerck S., De Bie T., Ercken D., Hampel H., Schrijvers S., Van Wichelen J., Gillard V., Mandiki R., Losson B., Bauwens D., Keijers S., Vyverman W., Goddeeris B., De Meester L., Brendonck L., Martens K. Ecological characteristics of small ponds: associations with land-use practices at different spatial scales. Biol. Conserv. 2006, 131:523-532.
11. Díaz-Espejo A., Serrano L., Toja J. Changes in sediment phosphate composition of seasonal ponds during filling. Hydrobiologia 1999, 392:21-28.
12. De Groot C., Van Wijck C. The impact of desiccation of a freshwater marsh (Garcines Nord, Camargue, France) on sediment-water-vegetation interactions. Part one: the sediment chemistry. Hydrobiologia 1993, 252:83-94.
13. De Groot C.J., Golterman H.L. Nutrient processes in Mediterranean wetland systems. Part 2. The influence of desiccation. Verh. Inter. Verein. Limnol. 1994, 25:1328.
14. Downing J.A., McCauley E. The nitrogen:phosphorus relationship in lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1992, 37:936-945.
15. Downing J.A. Emerging global role of small lakes and ponds: little things mean a lot. Limnetica 2010, 29:9-24.
16. Fairchild G.W., Anderson J.N., Velinsky D.J. The trophic state 'chain of relationship' in ponds: does size matter?. Hydrobiologia 2005, 539:35-46.
17. Fernández-Aláez M., Fernández-Aláez C. Effects of the intense summer desiccation and the autumn filling on the water chemistry in some Mediterranean ponds. Limnetica 2010, 29:59-74.
18. Florencio M., Gómez-Rodríguez C., Gómez A., Reina M., Gutiérrez E., Siljeström P., Serrano L., Díaz-Paniagua C. Towards a quantitative classification of temporary ponds in Doñana (SW Spain). International Conference on Mediterranean Temporary Ponds. Proceedings and Abstracts 2009, 83-92. P. Fraga i Arguimbau (Ed.).
19. Gascón S., Boix D., Sala J., Quintana X.D. Organic carbon and nutrient (P, N) concentrations of water and sediment in several aquatic environment types of a Mediterranean coastal wetland (Empordà Wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula). Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. 2006, 42:221-231.
20. Gasith A., Resh V.H. Streams in Mediterranean climate regions: abiotic influences and biotic responses to predictable seasonal events. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1999, 30:51-81.
21. Golterman H.L., Clymo R.S., Ohnstad M.A.M. Methods for Physical and Chemical Analysis of Fresh Waters 1978, IBP Handbook n° 8. Blackwell Sci. Pub., Oxford.
22. Golterman H.L. The Chemistry of Phosphate and Nitrogen Compounds in Sediment 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London.
23. Grillas P., Gauthier P., Yavercovski N., Perennou C. Les mares temporaires méditerranéennes. Volume 1 - Enjeux de conservation, fonctionnement et gestion 2004, Station Biologique Tour du Valat, Arles.
24. Jáuregui J., Toja J. Dinámica del fósforo en lagunas temporales del P. N. de Doñana. Actas VI Congreso Español de Limnología. Facultad de Ciencias 1993, 99-106. L. Cruz-Pizarro, R. Morales-Baquero, P. Sánchez-Castillo, P. Carrillo (Eds.).
25. Jeffrey S.W., Humphrey G.F. New spectrophotometric equations for determining chlorophylls a, b, c1 and c2 in higher plants, algae and natural phytoplankton. Biochem. Physiol. Pflanzen. 1975, 167:191-194.
26. Luzier J.M., Summerfelt R.C. Experimental demonstration of the effects of clam shrimp on turbidity of microcosms. Prog. Fish-Cult. 1997, 59:68-70.
27. Moss B., Stephen D., álvarez C., Becares E., Van de Bund W., Collings S.E., Van Donk E., De Eyto E., Feldmann T., Fernández-Aláez C., Fernández-Aláez M., Franken R.J.M., García-Criado F., Gross E.M., Gyllstrom M., Hansson L.A., Irvine K., Järvalt A., Jensen J.P., Jeppesen E., Kairesalo T., Kornijów R., Krause T., Künnap H., Laas A., Lill E., Lorens B., Luup H., Miracle M.R., Nõges P., Nõges T., Nykänen M., Ott I., Peczula W., Peeters E., Phillips G., Romo S., Russell V., Salujõe J., Scheffer M., Siewertsen K., Smal H., Tesch C., Timm H., Tuvikene L., Tonno I., Virro T., Vicente E., Wilson D. The determination of ecological status in shallow lakes - a tested system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. Aquat. Conserv. Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 2003, 13:507-549.
28. Murphy J., Riley J.P. A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters. Anal. Chim. Acta 1962, 27:31-36.
29. Pätzig M., Kalettka T., Glemnitz M., Berger G. What governs macrophyte species richness in kettle holes types?. A case study from Northeast Germany. Limnologica 2012, 10.1016/j.limno.2012.07.004.
30. Pérez Cueva A.J. Atlas climático de la Comunidad Valenciana. Generalitat Valenciana. Consellería de Obras Públicas 1994, Urbanismo y Transportes, Valencia.
31. Ruhí A., Herrmann J., Gascón S., Sala J., Boix D. How do early successional patterns in man-made wetlands differ between cold temperate and Mediterranean regions?. Limnologica 2012, 10.1016/j.limno.2012.07.005.
32. Ruiz E. Management of Natura 2000 Habitats. 3170 Mediterranean Temporary Ponds 2008, European Commission.
33. Sanchis E.J. La contaminación por nitrato de las aguas subterráneas. El caso de la Comunidad Valenciana 1993, Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Valencia, Spain.
34. Sánchez-Carrillo S. Hydrology and biogeochemistry of Mediterranean temporary ponds. International Conference on Mediterranean Temporary Ponds. Proceedings and Abstracts 2009, 73-82. http://www.cime.es/lifebasses/descargas/lifebasses252.pdf. P. Fraga i Arguimbau (Ed.).
35. Scheffer M., Hosper S.H., Meijer M.L., Moss B., Jeppesen E. Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes. Trends Ecol. Evol. 1993, 8:275-279.
36. Serrano L. Sources, abundance and disappearance of polyphenolic compounds in temporary ponds of Doñana National Park (South-western Spain). Aus. J. Mar. Fresh. Res. 1994, 45:1555-1564.
37. Serrano L., Calzada-Bujak I., Toja J. Variability of the sediment phosphate composition of a temporary pond (Doñana National Park, SW Spain). Hydrobiologia 2003, 429:159-169.
38. Shoaf W.T., Lium B.W. Improved extraction of chlorophyll a and b from algae using dimethyl-sulphoxide. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1976, 21:926-928.
39. Soria J.M. Caracterización físico-química de las surgencias del Parque Natural de la Albufera (Valencia). Actas VI Congreso Español de Limnología 1993, 91-97.
40. Søndergaard M., Kristensen P., Jeppesen E. Phosphorus release from resuspended sediment in the shallow and wind-exposed Lake Arreso, Denmark. Hydrobiologia 1992, 228:91-99.
41. Tessier A.J., Woodruff P. Cryptic trophic cascade along a gradient of lake size. Ecology 2002, 83:1263-1270.
42. Tietjen T., Vähätalo A.V., Wetzel R.G. Effects of clay mineral turbidity on dissolved organic carbon and bacterial production. Aquat. Sci. 2005, 67:51-60.
43. Van Wichelen J., Declerck S., Muylaert K., Hoste I., Geenens V., Vandekerkhove J., Michels E., De Pauw N., Hoffmann M., De Meester L., Vyverman W. The importance of drawdown and sediment removal for the restoration of the eutrophied shallow Lake Kraenepoel (Belgium). Hydrobiologia 2007, 584:291-303.
44. Vanschoenwinkel B., Waterkeyn A., Vandecaetsbeek T., Pineau O., Grillas P., Brendonck L. Dispersal of freshwater invertebrates by large terrestrial mammals: a case study with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Mediterranean wetlands. Freshwat. Biol. 2008, 53:2264-2273.