Influence of water level variation on biomass and chemical composition of the aquatic macrophyte Eichhornia azurea (KUNTH) in an oxbow lake of the Rio Mogi-Guaçu (São Paulo, Brazil)

1996; Schweizerbart science publishers; Volume: 135; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/135/1996/423

ISSN

2700-1555

Autores

António Fernando Monteiro Camargo, Francisco A. Esteves,

Tópico(s)

Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Resumo

The influence of water level variation (flood pulse) on the biomass and chemical composition of the aquatic macrophyte Eichhornia azurea, was investigated in a tropical oxbow lake of the Rio Mogi-Guacu, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The flood pulse causes an increase in total nitrogen content from 0.67 to 1.35 mg/L and total phosphorus content from 10.5 to 101.0 μg/L of the water. This fertilization, associated with other factors, determines a typical seasonal variation in the biomass and chemical composition of the macrophyte.

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