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The importance of isoetids for the exchange of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) between sediment and water was studied in shallow Lake Kvie, Denmark. Vegetated sediments from the littoral zone (55% of lake area) were compared to unvegetated sediments from the littoral and profundal zone. Clear effects of the isoetids were found on DIN in the porewater. At the vegetated station, NH4 + showed the highest concentrations just below the surface (<40 μM) whereas NO3 − was dominating below 5 cm depth with concentrations up to 100 μM during the spring. The unvegetated littoral sediment showed a distinct change between winter where NH4 + dominated and summer where NO3 − was most abundant. NH4 + dominated in the profundal sediment and showed increasing concentration with depth. The Eh was high (> 400 mV) in the vegetated sediment, indicating isoetid release of O2 in the rhizosphere. A low DIN uptake was observed at the vegetated station while, based on porewater data, a diffusive release from the sediment was expected. This difference was due to plant assimilation. In general a release of NH4 + and an uptake of NO3 − was seen in all sediments. The denitrification rate calculated from the mass balance for the entire lake was 0 4 mmol m — 2 d −1 and accounted for removal of 77% of the annual N-input to Lake Kvie.
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Olsen, K.R., Andersen, F.Ø. (1994). Nutrient cycling in shallow, oligotrophic Lake Kvie, Denmark. In: Mortensen, E., Jeppesen, E., Søndergaard, M., Nielsen, L.K. (eds) Nutrient Dynamics and Biological Structure in Shallow Freshwater and Brackish Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2460-9_22
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