氮水添加对中国北方草原土壤细菌多样性和群落结构的影响

研究了我国北方典型温带草原土壤细菌多样性和群落结构对氮水添加及环境因素的响应.结果表明:在常规降水条件下,土壤微生物生物量碳(MBC)和微生物生物量氮(MBN)均随氮(N)梯度增加而逐渐降低;在增加降水条件下,MBC和MBN也随N梯度增加而降低,但降水增加削弱了N的抑制效应.在常规降水条件下,土壤细菌丰富度、Shannon多样性和均匀度等α-多样性指数随N梯度没有明显变化;增加降水条件下,各N梯度处理的土壤细菌α-多样性指数都显著高于常规降水条件下相应的N处理梯度.相关分析显示,土壤含水量、硝态氮(NO3--N)和铵态氮(NH4+-N)与土壤细菌均匀度指数呈显著负相关关系;MBC和MBN与Shannon丰富度指数和均匀度指数呈显著正相关关系.土壤细菌群落非度量多维标度排序(NMDS)显示,在常规降水和增加降水处理下,土壤细菌群落结构均随N梯度增加发生明显改变.冗余分析(RDA)表明,MBC、MBN、p H和NH4+-N是影响土壤细菌群落结构的重要环境因子.     

不同施肥模式调控沿湖农田无机氮流失的原位研究——以南四湖过水区粮田为例

为探索山东南四湖沿岸麦玉轮作区玉米季内减少土壤无机氮素淋溶和径流损失的施肥策略,降低其对湖区水质产生的潜在威胁,采用田间原位安装淋溶水采集器和地表水径流池收集水样结合室内分析不同形态氮含量的方法,研究了不同施肥模式下无机氮素淋溶和径流损失特征。结果表明：土壤淋溶水量及地表水径流量与降水呈显著正相关关系,其水量受秸秆类物质还田的影响;硝态氮(NO3--N)与铵态氮(NH4 -N)随地表水径流损失的浓度及总量均明显高于淋溶水,由径流方式损失的氮素占2/3以上,是氮素以水溶液形式流失的主要途径;淋溶和径流均以NO3--N损失为主(径流损失中NO3--N占总量的82.9%-90.8%,淋溶损失中NO3--N占63.5%-72.9%),地表径流水NO3--N浓度对水质有较大影响,但土壤淋溶水NO3--N浓度对地下水污染不构成威胁;农民习惯施肥处理在玉米整个生育期淋溶和径流氮损失最高。在保证玉米产量前提下,降低氮素流失造成湖区的污染,平衡施用氮磷钾肥、施用控释氮肥、有机替代无机和秸秆还田等措施均可在沿南四湖区农田使用。     

七项河流附着硅藻指数在东江的适用性评估

综合运用因子分析、聚类分析、箱型图分析等统计方法评估了河流附着硅藻生物指数(Biological Diatom Index,IBD)、硅藻营养化指数(Trophic Diatom Index,TDI)、斯雷德切克指数(Sládecˇek’s Index,SLA)、特定污染敏感指数(Specific Polluosensitivity Index,IPS)、硅藻属指数(Generic Diatom Index,IDG)、戴斯指数(Descy Index,DESCY)和欧盟硅藻指数(European Economic Community Index,CEE)在东江流域河流水质评价中的适用性。结果显示:SLA与IPS,CEE显著相关(P<0.05),CEE与TDI不相关,其余指标间均极显著相关(P<0.01)。SLA与13项水质理化指标均无相关性,TDI与含氯度(Cl)显著负相关,CEE与溶解氧(DO)、电导率(Cond.)、总氮(TN)显著正相关(P<0.05),其余指标与氨氮(NH4-N)、pH不存在线性相关,与五日生化需氧量(BOD5)、高锰酸盐指数(CODKMnO4)、亚硝氮(NO2-N)、硝氮(NO3-N),总磷(TP)具极显著相关性(P<0.01)。13项水质理化指标中主成分负荷贡献大于50%的八项理化参数DO、BOD5、CODKMnO4、TN、NO3-N、NO2-N、TP和SiO2将试验区水质分为四组。IPS、IBD、IDG和CEE与水质物化分类一致性较好。IPS、IBD、IDG和CEE的逐步判别分析(引入P=0.20,剔除P=0.25)显示IPS和CEE都只选出了NO2-N,分类判别的正确率分别为55.6%和48.1%;IBD引入了NO2-N,CODKMnO4和DO 3个解释变量,判别正确率74.1%;IDG引入BOD5和NO3-N两个变量,分组正确率63.0%。硅藻群落聚类显示,IBD和IDG在水质物化分类的箱型图中呈现出明显合理的趋势。以上研究表明IBD和IDG硅藻指数最适合用于东江河流水质生物监测与评价。     

辽宁省三座大型水源水库细菌数量的时空分布特征

利用荧光显微镜细菌计法(AODC法),研究了辽宁省三座水源水库—大伙房水库、碧流河水库和桓仁水库细菌数量的时空分布。结果表明,三座水库细菌数量季节变化明显,从垂直分布上来看,中层水体的细菌数量最多。大伙房水库、碧流河水库和桓仁水库细菌密度的变化范围分别为(0.64~867.52)×107、(1.04~98.4)×107和(606.1~2 355.3)cell/m L。相关分析表明,大伙房水库和碧流河水库细菌数量与测定的各类生态因子均无显著相关性。大伙房水库细菌数量与水温、pH、TN、氮磷比呈正相关,与TP、COD、Chl-a呈负相关;碧流河水库细菌总数与温度、pH和Chl-a呈正相关,与TN、TP、COD和氮磷比呈负相关;桓仁水库细菌总数与温度、TN、TP呈显著正相关,与pH和COD呈显著负相关(P0.05),与Chl-a呈正相关,与氮磷比呈负相关。CCA分析结果显示,三座水库细菌总数的驱动因素有明显的水平差异。     

汉江上游金水河流域森林植被对水环境的影响

以汉江上游金水河流域为研究区域,分析了流域森林植被对水环境的影响。利用年降水量、林冠截留率和不同森林类型面积的数据,计算了金水河流域森林生态系统的水源涵养量,分析了流域森林植被对水量的影响;采用监测的方法,分别对金水河流域阔叶林森林生态系统的大气降水、枯落物层、土壤层和出口河水的水质进行了比较分析,探讨流域森林植被对水质的影响。结果表明,(1)金水河流域森林生态系统的水源年涵养总量为466.79×106m3,(2)流域阔叶林森林生态系统能够调节pH值,缓解大气降水的酸性环境;降低了大气降水中TDS、CODMn、HCO3、SO4、Cl、NO3、NH4-N、NO3-N、PO4-P、TDP、As、Ba、Cr、Na、Pb、Fe、K、Mn、V和Zn的含量,净化了水质。(3)根据各贮水层的水质分析,推断了河水中各物质的不同来源。研究为南水北调中线工程水源地的管理和建设提供了参考。     

大型溞引导的沉水植被生态修复对滴水湖水质的净化效果

2007年4月-2008年1月,在滴水湖D港中段长950m(水量为10000m3)的修复区内投放大型溞(Daphnia magna),以滤除水华藻类等颗粒有机物,然后移栽伊乐藻、苦草、轮叶黒藻、光叶眼子菜和菹草等沉水植物,逐月监测水体中总氮(TN)、铵态氮(NH4+-N)、硝态氮(NO3--N)、亚硝态氮(NO2--N)、总磷(TP)、活性磷酸盐(PO43--P)和COD等水质指标,分析沉水植被栽培对滴水湖水体水质的净化效果.结果表明:试验期间,修复区水体TN、TP、NO3--N、NO2--N、NH4+-N、PO43--P和COD显著低于对照区(P0.01),溶解氧(DO)增加了50.4%,水体透明度(SD)平均在3.4~3.7m,水质达到国家Ⅱ~Ⅲ类地表水水质标准;2008年3月应用已构建的沉水植被群落对富营养化流水水体水质进行净化试验,7d后修复区流水水体除BOD外,TN、TP、NO3--N、NO2--N、NH4+-N、PO43--P和COD均显著降低(P0.01),DO增加了17.98%,SD提高了30cm.利用大型溞控藻后移栽沉水植物对滴水湖水体水质的净化效果十分显著.     

太行山山前平原区地下水下降与降水、作物的关系

地下水是太行山山前平原区农业赖以发展的主要水源 ,伴随着城市工业和人民生活对地表水资源的高度利用 ,地下水逐渐成为该区域农业发展除天然降水以外唯一的水源 ,造成地下水连年下降 ,成为山前平原区农业持续发展的重要障碍。同时该地区又是我国重要的粮食基地 ,因而保证该区域地下水资源的持续利用 ,则不仅对于本地区农业持续发展 ,而且对于我国长期的粮食供应 ,特别是满足未来人口高峰期中国粮食的供应都有着极其重要的作用。地下水和降水是支撑农业生产的重要因素 ,它们三者之间存在某种关系 ,研究这种关系对于将来有效控制地下水下降、…     

水质对东江流域附生硅藻群落的影响

运用相关分析(CA),典型对应分析(CCA),加权平均分析(WA)研究了影响东江流域附生硅藻的主要水质因子及对应的最适生态范围。CA显示,13项水质指标中溶解氧(Dissolved Oxygen,DO)、氨氮(NH4-N)、亚硝氮(NO2-N)、氯化物(Cl)、五日生化需氧量(BOD5)、磷酸盐(PO4-P)与其它指标间的相关性较强(P0.05),其余指标间相关性较低(P0.05)。以相关性较弱的p H、电导率(Cond.)、硅酸盐(Si O2)、总磷(TP)、总氮(TN)、硝氮(NO3-N)、化学需氧量(CODKMn O4)进行CCA分析,排序显示影响附生硅藻的水质因子依次为Cond.、NO3-N、CODKMn O4、TP、TN,对应的生态最适范围分别为39.20—642.00μs/cm、0.46—2.77mg/L、1.0—5.5mg/L、0.02—0.64mg/L、0.48—3.43mg/L。研究表明,Cond、NO3-N、CODKMn O4、TP、TN是影响东江附生硅藻分布的主要水质因子,Cyclostephanos invisitatus、Gomphonema olivaceum、Nitzschia acicularis、N.capitellata、N.intermedia可以指示东江较高的电导率,Aulacoseira ambigua、A.lirata、Cyclotella meneghiniana、Cyclostephanos invisitatus、Eunotia minor、Nitzschia acicularis、N.Clausii、Pinnularia subcapitata是东江TN、TP污染的指示种。Nitzschia acicularis对TN、TP的耐受性最高,Navicula eidrigiana对TN、TP敏感性最强。     

遮光胁迫下外源NO对盆栽长春花土壤养分含量及幼苗生长特征的影响

为探究遮光胁迫下施加外源NO供体（硝普钠,SNP）对土壤养分变化和长春花（Catharanthus roseus）幼苗生长的影响,设置4种处理（全光照生长为对照、外施SNP、遮光、遮光+外施SNP联合处理）,分析盆栽土壤中C、N、P养分含量和土壤理化指标,测定幼苗的株高、节间距、茎直径、叶长、叶宽、叶面积、全株鲜（干）质量。结果表明：遮光和外施NO联合处理下,土壤含水量、土壤pH和土壤有机碳含量显著增加（P<0.05）,而土壤中全氮、碱解氮、全磷和速效磷含量增加但不显著,土壤C/N和C/P值升高,且C/N值达到显著水平（P<0.05）;相关性分析结果表明：土壤pH与有机碳含量呈显著正相关性（P<0.05）,土壤有机碳含量与株高、叶片鲜质量之间呈显著正相关（P<0.05）。说明施加外源NO能促进遮光胁迫下土壤pH升高,改变土壤中有机碳含量,增加C/N值,改善土壤肥力,促进叶片生长发育,增加长春花的生物量,为长春花的科学平衡施肥和生物碱含量的积累提供一定依据。     

中国东北地区植被NDVI对气候变化的响应

结合1982—2003年GIMMS-NDVI数据集和GIS技术,应用基于像元的相关分析方法,分析了东北地区植被NDVI对气候变化的响应。结果表明：1）1982—2003年,东北地区年平均气温呈上升趋势,而年降水量呈下降趋势;东北地区植被NDVI与年平均气温呈显著正相关的像元占12.84%,主要分布在松嫩平原南部、三江平原中部和西辽河平原,植被类型为农田、阔叶林、草原。植被NDVI与年平均气温几乎不存在显著负相关性;植被NDVI与年降水呈显著和极显著正相关的像元比例为4.55%,主要植被类型为草原和农田;植被NDVI与年降水量呈显著负相关的像元比例为7.52%,主要植被类型为针叶林和阔叶林。2）东北地区植被与生长季气温显著正相关和显著负相关的比例分别为3.96%和4.35%;植被与生长季降水显著正相关和显著负相关的比例分别为8.81%和8.54%。3）东北地区58.21%的植被像元与春季气温显著或极显著正相关,主要分布在大兴安岭中部、小兴安岭、长白山及完达山-张广才岭等地区,主要植被类型为阔叶林、农田、针叶林和草甸;植被NDVI与春季气温几乎不存在显著负相关性。植被NDVI与春季降水呈显著正相关和显著负相关的比例分别为4.81%和1.67%。4）东北地区植被NDVI与夏季气温和降水呈显著相关的比例明显少于春季,与夏季气温正相关的比例为7.61%,与夏季降水显著负相关的比例为6.29%。秋季气温和降水对东北地区植被NDVI影响较小,其中植被NDVI与秋季气温显著正相关的像元占植被像元总数的6.05%,几乎不存在与秋季气温显著负相关的植被像元;植被NDVI与秋季降水显著负相关的比例为5.43%,几乎不存在与秋季降水显著正相关的植被像元。     

Heterotrophic free-living and particle-bound bacterial cell size in the river Cauvery and its downstream tributaries

This is the first comprehensive study on planktonic heterotrophic bacterial cell size in the river Cauvery and its important tributaries in Karnataka State, India. The initial hypothesis that the mean cell size of planktonic heterotrophic bacteria in the four tributaries are markedly different from each other and also from that in the main river Cauvery was rejected, because all five watercourses showed similar planktonic heterotrophic bacterial cell size. Examination of the correlation between mean heterotrophic bacterial cell size and environmental variables showed four correlations in the river Arkavathy and two in the river Shimsha. Regression analysis revealed that 18% of the variation in mean heterotrophic free-living bacterial cell size was due to biological oxygen demand (BOD) in the river Arkavathy, 11% due to surface water velocity (SWV) in the river Cauvery and 11% due to temperature in the river Kapila. Heterotrophic particle-bound bacterial cell size variation was 28% due to chloride and BOD in the river Arkavathy, 11% due to conductivity in the river Kapila and 8% due to calcium in the river Cauvery. This type of relationship between heterotrophic bacterial cell size and environmental variables suggests that, though the mean heterotrophic bacterial cell size was similar in all the five water courses, different sets of environmental variables apparently control the heterotrophic bacterial cell size in the various water bodies studied in this investigation. The possible cause for this environmental (bottom-up) control is discussed.     

浑河河水及其沿岸地下水污染特征

选择沈阳地区重要河流浑河及其沿岸地下水进行定量分析,研究并探讨了包括无机物和有机物在内的水质综合污染特征。结果表明,浑河河水中氨氮、硝氮、亚硝氮和酚超过了地表水环境质量标准,最大超标倍数分别为15.8、1.5、82.4和1.8倍,检测出的11种卤代烃、氯苯和六六六等有机物均未超标。浑河沿岸地下水中氨氮、硝氮、亚硝氮、化学需氧量、酚和铅超过地下水质量标准,超标率分别为31.6%、10.5%、26.3%、36.8%、47.4%和26.8%,检测出的4种卤代烃和六六六等有机物均未超标。河水及其沿岸地下水中的污染物,尤其是有机污染物种类和浓度高值基本出现在城西的谟家—大祝断面之间。浑河水质主要受城市工业废水、居民生活污水排放的影响,沿岸地下水的污染来源包括工业生产或农村居民生活造成的地表污染物垂直入渗式的点源污染、浑河水侧向渗透补给式的线源污染以及农药化肥使用产生的面源污染,而有机污染物主要通过点源污染地下水。浑河各区段的使用功能、包气带岩性及沿岸水源地开采井布局等因素都为受污染的河水对沿岸几百米范围内的浅层地下水的补给提供了条件,造成浅层地下水的污染,对当地生态系统及人类健康构成潜在威胁。     

Modeled impacts of farming practices and structural agricultural changes on nitrogen fluxes in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, nutrient emissions from intensive animal husbandry have contributed to decreased species diversity in (semi) natural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, pollution of groundwater, and possibly global warming due to N2O emissions. This paper presents the results of a modelling study presenting the impacts of both structural measures and improved farming practices on major nitrogen (N) fluxes, including NH3 and N2O emission, uptake, leaching, and runoff, in the Netherlands, using input data for the year 2000. Average annual fluxes (Gg N year(-1)) for the year 2000 were estimated at 132 for NH3 emission (160 Gg NH 3 year(-1)), 28 for N2O emission, 50 for N inflow to groundwater, and 15 for N inflow to surface water at a total N input of 1046. At this input, nitrate (NO3) concentrations in groundwater often exceeded the target of 50 mg NO3 l(-1), specifically in well-drained sandy soils. The ammonia (NH3) emissions exceeded emission targets that were set to protect the biodiversity of nonagricultural land. Improved farming practices were calculated to lead to a significant reduction in NH3 emissions to the atmosphere and N leaching and runoff to groundwater and surface water, but these improvements were not enough to reach all the targets set for those fluxes. Only strong structural measures clearly improved the situation. The NH3 emission target of 30 Gg NH3 year(-1), suggested for the year 2030, could not be attained, however, unless pig and poultry farming is completely banned in the Netherlands and all cattle stay almost permanently in low emission stables.     

Groundwater nitrogen pollution and assessment of its health risks: a case study of a typical village in rural-urban continuum, China

Protecting groundwater from nitrogen contamination is an important public-health concern and a major national environmental issue in China. In this study, we monitored water quality in 29 wells from 2009 to 2010 in a village in Shanghai city, whick belong to typical rural-urban continuum in China. The total N and NO(3)-N exhibited seasonal changes, and there were large fluctuations in NH(4)-N in residential areas, but without significant seasonal patterns. NO(2)-N in the water was not stable, but was present at high levels. Total N and NO(3)-N were significantly lower in residential areas than in agricultural areas. The groundwater quality in most wells belonged to Class III and IV in the Chinese water standard, which defines water that is unsuitable for human consumption. Our health risk assessments showed that NO(3)-N posed the greatest carcinogenic risk, with risk values ranging from 19×10(-6) to 80×10(-6), which accounted for more than 90% of the total risk in the study area.     

Distribution and mobility of lead in soils at an outdoor shooting range

The distribution of total Pb in surface and subsurface soil horizons at an outdoor shooting range in southeastern Michigan was determined by single extraction elemental analysis (AAS and ICP‐AES). Significant Pb enrichment of the site's soils coincides closely with Pb vapor and particulate matter produced from shot shell primers and the downfall of Pb/Sb pellets associated with the recreational shooting of skeet and trap. Surface concentrations in these locations are 10 to 100 times greater than the background concentration found on adjacent properties. The distribution of Pb in the subsurface soil horizons corresponds to the distribution of Pb at the surface, which suggests the Pb is mobilizing and migrating downward through the vadose zone. This mobilization appears to be occurring despite the clay‐rich nature of the soils, and may be due to the transformation of metallic Pb into soluble Pb compounds of carbonate and sulfate: Both compounds appear to be present in crust material found coating many of the pellets found at the site. The downward migration of soluble Pb is a potential threat to groundwater that is present at the site at a depth of less than 1 m. The protection of surface water quality is also a concern because Pb pellets from the shooting range have been found in the bed sediments of a nearby stream.     

Monitoring nitrogen leaching for the evaluation of the Dutch minerals policy for agriculture in clay regions

This paper presents the results of the Dutch monitoring program for agriculture in the clay regions for the period 1996-2000 and evaluates the monitoring strategy. A wide range of farms (25 to 85%) had a NO3--N concentration in tile drainwater higher than the EU standard of 11.3 mg/l. The low figure is related to wet winters; the high, to dry winters. Arable farms are more prone to NO3- leaching than dairy farms. On arable farms, about 25% of the N surplus leached to groundwater and tile drainwater, on dairy farms this was about 15%. N in tile drainwater has shown to be the best indicator for monitoring the effects of farming practice changes in the clay regions. The average NO3--N concentration in tile drainwater was 18.8 and 3.2 mg/l in borehole water on farms where both were monitored. It is known that N use has a relationship with NO3- in tile drainwater and not with NH4+ and organic N. The presented results indicate that crop rotation and precipitation strongly influence NO3- concentration in tile drainwater.     

Microbial community structure and trichloroethylene degradation in groundwater

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a prevalent contaminant of groundwater that can be cometabolically degraded by indigenous microbes. Groundwater contaminated with TCE from a US Department of Energy site in Ohio was used to characterize the site-specific impact of phenol on the indigenous bacterial community for use as a possible remedial strategy. Incubations of 14C-TCE-spiked groundwater amended with phenol showed increased TCE mineralization compared with unamended groundwater. Community structure was determined using DNA directly extracted from groundwater samples. This DNA was then analyzed by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis. Unique restriction fragment length polymorphisms defined operational taxonomic units that were sequenced to determine phylogeny. DNA sequence data indicated that known TCE-degrading bacteria including relatives of Variovorax and Burkholderia were present in site water. Diversity of the amplified microbial rDNA clone library was lower in phenol-amended communities than in unamended groundwater (i.e., having Shannon-Weaver diversity indices of 2.0 and 2.2, respectively). Microbial activity was higher in phenol-amended ground water as determined by measuring the reduction of 2-(p-iodophenyl)-3(p-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride. Thus phenol amendments to groundwater correlated with increased TCE mineralization, a decrease in diversity of the amplified microbial rDNA clone library, and increased microbial activity.     

Hydrology and history: land use changes and ecological responses in an urban wetland

The impacts of changing land use on hydrology and dominant plant species from 1850–1990 were investigated in a palustrine wetland in southern Wisconsin, USA. Aerial photographs, historic maps and water levels of the area were used to determine changes in land use, wetland vegetation, and groundwater and surface flows over time. Piezometers and water table wells were monitored weekly for two years. Vegetation was quantified in four one-square meter quadrats at each water level measurement site. Linear regression models and multivariate ordinations were used to relate wetland plant species to hydrologic, chemical and spatial variables. The current hydrologic budget of the wetland was dominated by precipitation and evapotranspiration, although overland flow into the wetland from the subwatershed has increased twenty-fold since 1850. Water level stabilization in the adjacent Yahara River, creek channelization, and groundwater pumping have decreased inputs of groundwater and spring-fed surface water, and increased retention of precipitation. Typha spp. and Phalaris arundinacea L. have increased in the wetland, while Carex spp. have decreased. Phalaris arundinacea was found most often in the driest sites, and the sites with the greatest range of water levels. Typha spp. dominated in several hydrologic settings, indicating that water depth was not the only factor controlling its distribution. The distributions of dominant plant species in the wetland were most closely correlated with site elevation and average water levels, with some weaker correlations with vertical groundwater inflows and specific conductance.     

Effects of Introduced Groundwater on Water Chemistry and Fish Assemblages in Central Florida Lakes

We assessed effects of groundwater pumping to elevate lake levels on lake water chemistry and fish population metrics at seven Florida lakes. Following groundwater pumping, lake level fluctuation was reduced and lake water samples increased in mean pH, total alkalinity, total phosphorus, chloride and Secchi depth compared to historical means, indicating a close resemblance to the chemistry of aquifer water in the region. Fish community metrics from the augmented lakes were compared to 36 non-augmented lakes in Florida. The mean values for catch per unit effort, species richness and biomass of harvestable fishes, determined by electrofishing, were lower in augmented lakes compared to non-augmented lakes. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) indicated a high probability of a low abundance of individual species in augmented lakes compared to a majority of non-augmented lakes. The augmented lake with the lowest pumping rate exhibited less of a shift in limnological variables from historical values, and had fish population characteristics more closely resembling those of non-augmented lakes. Thus, reduced volumes of groundwater introduction could lower impacts to limnological and fish population characteristics. Augmentation allows for lakes to be utilized for recreational activities, and without augmentation some lakes in central Florida would likely go dry due to groundwater withdrawals for water supply. Therefore, allowing more natural water level fluctuations and possible reductions in total pumpage are recommended to reduce impacts to limnological and fish population characteristics, while still allowing sufficient groundwater pumping to preserve lake habitats.     

Hydrology and history: land use changes and ecological responses in an urban wetland

The impacts of changing land use on hydrology and dominant plant species from 1850–1990 were investigated in a palustrine wetland in southern Wisconsin, USA. Aerial photographs, historic maps and water levels of the area were used to determine changes in land use, wetland vegetation, and groundwater and surface flows over time. Piezometers and water table wells were monitored weekly for two years. Vegetation was quantified in four one-square meter quadrats at each water level measurement site. Linear regression models and multivariate ordinations were used to relate wetland plant species to hydrologic, chemical and spatial variables. The current hydrologic budget of the wetland was dominated by precipitation and evapotranspiration, although overland flow into the wetland from the subwatershed has increased twenty-fold since 1850. Water level stabilization in the adjacent Yahara River, creek channelization, and groundwater pumping have decreased inputs of groundwater and spring-fed surface water, and increased retention of precipitation. Typha spp. and Phalaris arundinacea L. have increased in the wetland, while Carex spp. have decreased. Phalaris arundinacea was found most often in the driest sites, and the sites with the greatest range of water levels. Typha spp. dominated in several hydrologic settings, indicating that water depth was not the only factor controlling its distribution. The distributions of dominant plant species in the wetland were most closely correlated with site elevation and average water levels, with some weaker correlations with vertical groundwater inflows and specific conductance.