Recent studies on grasslands demonstrate that species losses and subsequent changes in diversity can decrease the resilience (recovery ability) of ecosystems after a disturbance and can alter ecosystem functioning (e.g., productivity). These studies also explain that responses of ecosystems to enUtah State University; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and The Ecology Center, 5210 Old Main Hi...

Spatial information of the dominant species of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is essential for restoration projects in eutrophic lakes, especially eutrophic Taihu Lake, China. Mapping the distribution of SAV species is very challenging and difficult using only multispectral satellite remote sensing. In this study, we proposed an approach to map the distribution of seven dominant species of ...

In order to explore the efficient utilization of plant resources from constructed wetlands, the potential anti-metastatic effects of flavonoids from Potamogeton crispus L. were investigated in human ovarian cancer cells (ES-2). Two major flavonoids, luteolin-3'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and flavone-6-C-β-D-glucopyranoside, were isolated from P. crispus and identified. The effects of these flavonoid...

Prevention is an integral component of many management strategies for aquatic invasive species, yet this represents a formidable task when the landscapes to be managed include multiple invasive species, thousands of waterbodies, and limited resources to implement action. Species distributional modeling can facilitate prevention efforts by identifying locations that are most vulnerable to future...

Phosphorus (P) transport and transformation in water were investigated using Potamogeton crispus. To compare evaluate our indoor experiment with outdoor data, we used the simultaneous field observation approach. The effects of P. crispus growth decomposition on P concentrations investigated. significantly reduced content different forms during period, increased according to findings. As a resul...

As a national key protection and restoration project, ecological of Baiyangdian Wetland has an important significance for environmental management. the research area in Zaozhadian wetland, purification effect warm season cold aquatic plants was studied under different overflying water qualities. It provides theoretical experimental basis environment management wetlands. The results showed that ...

Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic and widely distributed in aquatic systems due to its high solubility mobility water, which can severely inhibit the survival of macrophytes. The phytotoxicity Cd depends on environmental factors; however, it remains unclear whether how light quality affects toxicity In this study, we investigated effects macrophytes Potamogeton crispus under different qualities (whi...

Submerged aquatic macrophytes such as Potamogeton crispus can absorb large quantities of nutrients from sediment and water, and therefore mitigate pollution and improve water quality of polluted lakes. Turions are the main propagules of P. crispus; their formation is an important process in the life cycle of the plant and relates closely to the population dynamics of the species in lakes. The c...