title: Effects of Eichhornia crassipes and Ceratophyllum demersum on Soil and Water Environments and Nutrient Removal in Wetland Microcosms.
abstract: Wetland plants are important components that influence the biogeochemistry of wetland ecosystems. Therefore, remediation performance in wetlands can differ depending on the growth forms of plants. In this study, the effects of Eichhornia crassipes (floating plant) and Ceratophyllum demersum (submerged plant) on the wetland soil and water environments were investigated using a microcosm study with simulated hydrology of retention-type wetlands between rainfall events. The C. demersum microcosm (SP) showed the fastest recovery with a diel fluctuation pattern of dissolved oxygen, pH, and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) from the impacts of nutrient inflow. Moreover, SP exhibited the lowest decrease in sediment ORP, the highest dehydrogenase activity, and more organic forms of nitrogen and phosphorus. E. crassipes microcosms exhibited the lowest water temperature, and efficiently controlled algae. In the presence of plants, the total nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in water rapidly decreased, and the composition of organic and inorganic nutrient forms was altered along with a decrease in concentration. The results indicate that wetland plants help retain nutrients in the system, but the effects varied based on the wetland plant growth forms.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecological Engineering, Pukyong National University , Busan , Korea.
authors.forename: Kijune
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Geun-Joo
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Clyde
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munster
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002947:Cities; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen
keywords: chlorophyll a; dehydrogenase activity; diel fluctuation; oxidation-reduction potential