Accession Number:

ADP003612

Title:

Ecology of Aquatic Plant Species: Effects of Water Chemistry on Aquatic Plant Species: Preliminary Studies on Myriophyllum spicatum,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Smart,R. M.
• Barko,J. W.

Report Date:

1984-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The effect of water chemistry on the growth of M. spicatum appears to involve primarily the availability of dissolved inorganic carbon. Under low carbon conditions, specific cations Ca and to a lesser extent K may be involved in carbon acquisition Lowenhaput 1956 Lucas and Dainty 1977. The combined effects of low levels of Ca and low C availability can result in decreased growth and the development of premature senescence in M. spicatum.

Descriptors:

• *Aquatic plants
• *Ecology
• *Water chemistry
• Symposia
• Aquatic weeds
• Plant growth
• Carbon
• Inorganic materials
• Dissolving
• Concentration(Chemistry)
• Calcium
• Potassium
• Cations
• Sediments

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE