Temporal variations in the primary productivity of Eleocharis acutangula (Cyperaceae) in a tropical wetland environment
AUTOR(ES)
Chagas, Gustavo Gomes, Freesz, Giselli Martins de Almeida, Suzuk, Marina Satika
FONTE
Braz. J. Bot.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2012
RESUMO
Wetland vegetation typically includes aquatic macrophytes with high primary production capacities. The present study investigated how hydrological variations affect biomass allocation and primary productivity in the emergent macrophyte Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. Eleocharis acutangula ramets were collected from the Campelo Lagoon flood plain (21°39'S, 41°12'W and 21°37S, 41°11'W) between March/2005 and February/2006. This region experienced an unusually short rainy period between November/2005 and February/2006 that generated atypically high primary production levels (128gDWm-2month-1) and total biomass gains (447gDWm-2) in May and June/2005 respectively. Our data indicated that primary production and biomass allocation were strongly influenced by variations in wetland water levels and that macrophytes quickly invested in biomass accumulation when surface water levels rised.
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