Influence of Nitrate-Phosphate Overload on Macrozoobenthos Communities in Thickets of Aquatic Macrophytes
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Eutrophication is one of the most important problems in the ecology of fresh waters. The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of eutrophic overload (nitrates and phosphates) to the structure of zoobenthos in two types of experimental waters. Experimental mesocosms containing ground and water were used to investigate nitrate-phosphorus effect to hydrobionts. The negative effects of the pollutants were less evident in experimental mesocosms with aquatic macrophytes. The resistance of the bottom community to negative effects of nitrates and phosphates is probably connected with multifunctional role of aquatic macrophytes.
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