Community Ecology
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Volume 12: Issue 2
Small scale macrophyte-environment relationship in an oxbow-lake of the Upper-Tisza valley (Hungary)
Authors:
B. Lukács Balaton Limnological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Department of Tisza Research Debrecen Bem sq. 18/c H-4026 Hungary

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Gy. Dévai University of Debrecen Department of Hydrobiology POB. 57 H-4010 Debrecen Hungary

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B. Tóthmérész University of Debrecen Department of Ecology POB. 71 H-4010 Debrecen Hungary

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Pages:
259–263
Online Publication Date:
17 Nov 2011
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2011
Article Category:
Journal Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/comec.12.2011.2.15
Keywords:
DCCA; Deep-pond; Fine-scale vegetation analysis; Relevés; Water chemical variables
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We tested the relationship between water chemical variables and macrophyte vegetation in an oxbow-lake of the Upper-Tisza, Hungary. There were 42 relevés in random plots of 2 m by 2 m and 20 chemical variables (Ca, Fe, Hydrogencarbonate, K, carbonate, Kjeldahl-nitrogen, chloride, COD(Cr), Mg, m-alkalinity, Mn, Na, NH4, NO2, NO3, dissolved orthophosphate-P, total phosphorus, pH, sulphate and conductivity) and a biological one (chlorophyll a) were measured. Detrended canonical correspondence analysis was used to explore the species-vegetation-water chemical variables relationship. Our results revealed that there were pronounced differences both in the vegetation and the chemical variables among the different kinds of vegetation patches. According to the DCCA, Trapetum natantis, Glycerietum maximae, Ceratophyllo-Nymphaeetum albae and Typhetum angustifoliae associations could be separated based on the relevés and environmental variables. Kjeldahl nitrogen and carbonate were found to be the most important variables. Our results suggest that water chemical variables had strong influence on vegetation development. The groups of relevés identified by the DCCA were coherent with classical phytosociological categories.

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