A positive relationship between groundwater velocity and submersed macrophyte biomass in Sparkling Lake, Wisconsin
Limnology and Oceanography
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Abstract
We measured groundwater velocity and submersed macrophyte biomass at 52 shal- low (0.4-6.6 m) sites in mesotrophic Sparkling Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin, during May-Au- gust 1985. Seventeen percent of variation in macrophyte biomass was explained by a signifi- cant (P < 0.005) relation with depth [log(biomass + 1) = 0.49 depth - 0.08 (depth)2 + 0.121. Some of the remaining variation in macrophyte bio- mass was explained by a significant rank corre- lation of biomass-on-depth residuals with groundwater velocity (rs = 0.46, P < 0.0 1). These results suggest that water movement through the sediment-water interface may be a determinant of macrophyte abundance and distribution.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A positive relationship between groundwater velocity and submersed macrophyte biomass in Sparkling Lake, Wisconsin |
| Series title | Limnology and Oceanography |
| DOI | 10.4319/lo.1989.34.1.0235 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | December 22, 2003 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 235 |
| Last page | 239 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Vilas |
| Other Geospatial | Sparkling Lake |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |