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  • The study examined how different nutrient levels in water affected the biomass of three aquatic plant species: the invasive Eichhornia crassipes, the native Jussiaea stipulacea, and the submerged Vallisneria spiralis.
  • As the nutrient levels increased, the biomass of E. crassipes and J. stipulacea increased significantly, with some treatments showing more than double the biomass compared to lower nutrient levels.
  • Conversely, Vallisneria spiralis showed a decrease in biomass with increasing nutrients, indicating that while some species thrive, others may suffer due to higher nutrient availability.
  • The experiment highlighted that the impact of nutrient levels on plant growth varied significantly depending on the species and their combinations in the ecosystem.

Article Abstract

Four nutrient levels, i.e., 0.5 mg N x L(-1) and 0.1 mg P x L(-1) (I), 1.5 mg N x L(-1) and 0.3 mg P x L(-1) (II), 4.5 mg N x L(-1) and 0.9 mg P x L(-1) (III), and 13.5 mg N x L(-1) and 2.7 mg P x L(-1) (IV), were installed to study the effects of water body's nutrient level, plant species combination, and their interactions on the biomass accumulation and allocation of invasive floating species Eichhornia crassipes, native rooted leaf-floating species Jussiaea stipulacea, and submerged plant Vallisneria spiralis. The total, root, stem, and leaf biomass of E. crassipes and J. stipulacea, either in monoculture or in mixed-culture, increased with increasing water body's nutrient level, their total biomass in treatments III and IV being averagely 54.47% and 102.63% higher than that in treatments I and II, respectively. Under different plant species combination, the total, root, stem, and leaf biomass of V. spiralis showed a declining trend with the increase of nutrient level, and the total biomass of V. spiralis in treatments III and IV was averagely 45.88% lower than that in treatments I and II. The results of two-way ANOVA showed that water body's nutrient level had significant positive effects on the biomass of E. crassipes and J. stipulacea but negative effects on that of V. spiralis, and the effects of plant species combination varied with target plant species.

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