Littoral macrophyte–periphyton complexes in two Hungarian shallow waters

Issue Title: Shallow Lakes 2002 Periphyton developing on the surfaces of emergent and submerged aquatic plants has a significant influence on water quality. The periphyton types that form on various plant species can be characterized by their mass values, the proportion of the present organic and in...

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Published in:Hydrobiologia 2003-11, Vol.506-509 (1-3), p.541-548
Main Authors: Kiss, Magdolna K., Lakatos, Gyula, Borics, Gábor, Gidó, Zsolt, Deák, Csaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic habitats
Aquatic plants
Biomonitoring
Chlorophyll
Freshwater
Plant species
Reservoirs
Shallow water
Water quality
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Summary:Issue Title: Shallow Lakes 2002 Periphyton developing on the surfaces of emergent and submerged aquatic plants has a significant influence on water quality. The periphyton types that form on various plant species can be characterized by their mass values, the proportion of the present organic and inorganic fractions, as well as their chlorophyll-a contents. Studies on periphyton complexes constituting integrated biomonitoring systems are useful to gain essential long-term information about the performance of shallow water bodies. The filtering and settling effect of Phragmites and other aquatic plants, as well as their periphyton was examined and clearly observable in the water areas and non-flooded aquatic habitats belonging to the second phase of Kis-Balaton Protection System, as it was indicated by the mass values and ash contents. The periphyton forming on the aquatic vegetation that annually develops in Kisköre Reservoir and yields a considerable biomass has a critical part in influencing water quality. The only difference (p
ISSN:0018-8158
1573-5117
DOI:10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008594.48184.ca