Effects of Water Quality Adjusted by Submerged Macrophytes on the Richness of the Epiphytic Algal Community.

ABSTRACT: Submerged macrophytes and epiphytic algae play significant roles in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Submerged macrophytes can influence the epiphytic algal community by directly or indirectly modifying environmental conditions (nutrients, light, etc.). From December to June of the following year, we investigated the dynamics of the dominant winter species Potamogeton crispus, its epiphytic algae, and water quality parameters in the shallow Liangzi Lake in China. The richness of epiphytic algae had a trend similar to that of P. crispus coverage, which increased in the first four months and then decreased in the following three months. The structural equation model (SEM) showed that P. crispus affected the richness of epiphytic algae by reducing nutrient concentrations (reduction in t

SUBMITTER: Lv T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334159 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature