Kreiling,R.M., Richardson,W.B., Cavanaugh,J.C. and Bartsch,L.A.(2011): Summer nitrate uptake and denitrification in an upper Mississippi River backwater lake: the role of rooted aquatic vegetation. Biogeochemistry, 104, 309-324.

『ミシシッピ川上流の背水湖における夏季の硝酸塩取込みと脱窒:根付いた水生植物の役割』


Abstract
 In-stream nitrogen processing in the

Mississippi River has been suggested as one mechanism to reduce coastal eutrophication in the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic macrophytes in river channels and flood plain lakes have the potential to temporarily remove large quantities of nitrogen through assimilation both by themselves and by the attached epiphyton. In addition, rooted macrophytes act as oxygen pumps, creating aerobic microsites around their roots where coupled nitrification-denitrification can occur. We used in situ 15N-NO3- tracer mesocosm experiments to measure nitrate assimilation rates for macrophytes, epiphyton, and microbial fauna in the sediment in Third Lake, a backwater lake of the upper Mississippi River during June and July 2005. We measured assimilation over a range of nitrate concentrations and estimated a nitrate mass balance for Third Lake. Macrophytes assimilated the most nitrate (29.5 mg N m-2 d-1) followed by sediment microbes (14.4 mg N m-2 d-1) and epiphytes (5.7 mg N m-2 d-1). Assimilation accounted for 6.8% in June and 18.6% in July of total nitrate loss in the control chambers. However, denitrification (292.4 mg N m-2 d-1) is estimated to account for the majority (82%) of the nitrate loss. Assimilation and denitrification rates generally increased with increasing nitrate concentration but denitrification rates plateaued at about 5 mg N L-1. This suggests that backwaters have the potential to remove a relatively high amount of nitrate but will likely become saturated if the load becomes too large.

Keywords: Assimilation; Denitrification; Mississippi River; Nitrate uptake; Vegetated backwater』

Introduction
Methods
 Study site
 N process analyses
 15N chamber experiments
 Sample processing
 Whole lake vegetation and epiphyton mass estimates
 δ15N uptake
 Statistical analysis and whole lake uptake calculations
Results
Discussion
 Management implications
Acknowledgments
References


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