The distribution of submerged aquatic macrophyte biomass in a eutrophic stream,Badfish Creek: the effect of environment |
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Authors: | John D. Madsen Michael S. Adams |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Botany and Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706 Madison, WI, U.S.A.;(2) Present address: Fresh Water Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 12180-3590 Troy, NY, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The distribution of biomass of the macrophyte community in Badfish Creek was examined in three sections (A–C) totaling ten kilometers. Biomass samples were taken in a stratified-random manner, with sediment characteristics, depth, current velocity and incident light measured at each site to correlate individual biomass samples with environmental factors. Total community biomass decreased in the downstream section (C), with the biomass ofElodea canadensis decreasing abruptly below section A. The only environmental factors which were correlated with the decrease in macrophyte community biomass, especially that ofPotamogeton pectinatus, in section C was the increase in substrate heterogeneity and sand substrates which lacked surface gravel. The change in substrate was related to channelization. Considering the stream as a whole, the biomass of the dominant species,Potamogeton pectinatus, was correlated with incident light. Other species present wereCeratophyllum demersum andCladophora glomerata. Analysis of riparian vegetation type indicates that tree cover significantly reduced macrophyte biomass by incident light reduction. |
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Keywords: | Cladophora glomerata Elodea canadensis Potamogeton pectinatus shading streams |
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