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Plant replacement trend in soft-water lakes with isoetids Cover

Plant replacement trend in soft-water lakes with isoetids

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|Jun 2020

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Figure 1

Distribution of the surveyed lakes
Distribution of the surveyed lakes

Figure 2

Sampling scheme
Sampling scheme

Figure 3

Abundance of plant species in the water pH gradient
Abundance of plant species in the water pH gradient

Figure 4

Number of species groups in 12 702 samples (mosses, stoneworts, vascular plants, isoetids; upper graph), their percentage (middle graph) and abundance of plants (bottom graph) in the water pH gradient.
Number of species groups in 12 702 samples (mosses, stoneworts, vascular plants, isoetids; upper graph), their percentage (middle graph) and abundance of plants (bottom graph) in the water pH gradient.

Figure 5

Relationship between water pH and occurrence of isoetid species (1 – 5) in lakes (bottom chart), where: 1 – Isoëtes echinospora, 2 – Luronium natans, 3 – Isoëtes lacustris, 4 – Lobelia dortmanna, 5 – Littorella unifiora and abundance (coverage) of isoetids in the water pH gradient (upper chart)
Relationship between water pH and occurrence of isoetid species (1 – 5) in lakes (bottom chart), where: 1 – Isoëtes echinospora, 2 – Luronium natans, 3 – Isoëtes lacustris, 4 – Lobelia dortmanna, 5 – Littorella unifiora and abundance (coverage) of isoetids in the water pH gradient (upper chart)

Figure 6

Species diversity along the gradient of water alkalization
Species diversity along the gradient of water alkalization

Figure 7

Model of the relationship between plant species and water parameters in soft-water lakes with isoetids, ordered by the RDA methodAbbreviations: TP – total phosphorus, TN – total nitrogen, PAR – photosynthetically active radiation; vascular plants: Cd – Ceratophyllum demersum, Ec – Elodea canadensis, Ma– Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Ms – Myriophyllum spicatum, Pn – Potamogeton natans, Po– Potamogeton obtusifolius; mosses: Da – Drepanocladus aduncus, Ds – Drepanocladus sordidus, Fa– Fontinalis antipyretica, Fd – Fontinalis delecarlica, Sd – Sphagnum denticulatum, Sf – Sphagnum fallax, We – Warnstorfia exannulata; stoneworts: Chd – Chara delicatula, Chg – Chara globularis, Nif – Nitella flexilis, Nig – Nitella gracilis, Nito – Nitellopsis obtusa
Model of the relationship between plant species and water parameters in soft-water lakes with isoetids, ordered by the RDA methodAbbreviations: TP – total phosphorus, TN – total nitrogen, PAR – photosynthetically active radiation; vascular plants: Cd – Ceratophyllum demersum, Ec – Elodea canadensis, Ma– Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Ms – Myriophyllum spicatum, Pn – Potamogeton natans, Po– Potamogeton obtusifolius; mosses: Da – Drepanocladus aduncus, Ds – Drepanocladus sordidus, Fa– Fontinalis antipyretica, Fd – Fontinalis delecarlica, Sd – Sphagnum denticulatum, Sf – Sphagnum fallax, We – Warnstorfia exannulata; stoneworts: Chd – Chara delicatula, Chg – Chara globularis, Nif – Nitella flexilis, Nig – Nitella gracilis, Nito – Nitellopsis obtusa

Results of RDA analysis of the relationship between plant species and water characteristics in soft-water lakes with isoetids

Axes1234Total variance
Eigenvalues0.1230.0200.0130.0011.000
Species-environment correlations0.4740.3970.3770.175
Cumulative percentage variance
of species data12.314.315.615.7
of species-environment relation77.590.398.499.2
Sum of all eigenvalues 1.000
Sum of all canonical eigenvalues 0.158

Differences in the Shannon–Wiener index (H’) in different pH ranges (see Fig_ 6)

Shannon–Wiener index (H’)
Mean0.170.410.210.180.320.230.370.310.310.320.240.40
SD0.310.370.290.280.350.300.360.370.390.330.350.37
pH4.04.55.05.56.06.57.07.58.08.59.09.5
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Examined species of macrophytes with frequency of over 1%; F – average value of species frequency in the whole pH range and P – average value of species coverage in the whole pH range

BryophytesFAStonewortsFAVascular plants excluding isoetidsFAIsoetidsFA
Sphagnum denticulatum14.125.8Chara delicatula8.415.5Myriophyllum alterniflorum19.015.2Isoëtes lacustris27.435.0
Fontinalis antipyreti ca12.012.7Chara fargilis6.132.5Elodea canadensis12.412.8Lobelia dortmanna13.521.8
Warnstorfia exannulata7.97.6Nitella flexilis3.63.2Potamogeton obtusifolius2.12.3Litorella uniflora8.633.3
Drepanocladus sordidus7.09.7Nitellopsis obtusa1.76.1Myriophyllum spicatum1.87.1Luronium natans2.928.8
Fontinalis delecarlica3.612.0Nitella gracilis1.112.3Ceratophyllum demersum1.67.6---
Drepanocladus aduncus1.48.8---Potamogeton natans1.16.8---
Sphagnum fallax1.140.6---------
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2020-0015 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 157 - 167
Submitted on: Jun 24, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 26, 2019
Published on: Jun 18, 2020
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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