Estimating nitrogen and phosphorus saturation point for Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms and Salvinia molesta Mitchell in mesocosms used to treating aquaculture effluent

Autor: Matheus Nicolino Peixoto Henares, Antonio Fernando Monteiro Camargo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 420-428 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2179-975X
DOI: 10.1590/S2179-975X2014000400009
Popis: AIM: To evaluate the growth of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms and Salvinia molesta Mitchell in tanks used for treating aquaculture effluent and compare the results with literature data in order to estimate the nutrients saturation point. METHODS: An experiment with six rectangular fiberglass tanks were separated in two treatments, inflow and outflow (higher and lower nutrient concentration), and the two macrophytes above cited was carried out during 50 days. A floating quadrat with 0.25 m² of E. crassipes and S. molesta at inflow and outflow of the tanks was collected weekly for fresh mass measurement. At the beginning and end of the experiment samples of macrophytes were oven-dried at 60 ºC until constant weight to determine the dry mass. Dry mass of plants was estimated by a simple linear regression analysis between fresh mass and dry mass (DM). RESULTS: The N and P concentrations were significantly higher (P
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