Role of Eichhornia crassipes uptake in the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from eutrophic waters

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Yong ZHANG ◽  
Jian-Chu ZHENG ◽  
Hai-Qin LIU ◽  
Zhi-Zhou CHANG ◽  
Liu-Gen CHEN ◽  
...  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Adang Saputra ◽  
Lies Setijaningsih ◽  
Yosmaniar Yosmaniar ◽  
Tri Heru Prihadi

Permasalahan yang dihadapi pembudidaya ikan dengan sistem intensif adalah meningkatnya limbah yang terakumulasi pada air dan sedimen. Limbah budidaya ikan pada umumnya berupa padatan dan nutrien terlarut pada air terutama nitrogen dan fosfor. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengkaji distribusi nitrogen total dan fosfor total pada budidaya ikan gabus secara intensif yang diberi eceng gondok Eichhornia crassipes dan probiotik (Pseudomonas aeruginosa dan Achromobacter insuavis). Penelitian dirancang menggunakan rancangan acak lengkap dengan perlakuan pemberian kombinasi eceng gondok dan probiotik (A), pemberian eceng gondok (B), dan pemberian probiotik (C), masing-masing perlakuan diulang tiga kali. Benih ikan gabus yang digunakan berukuran panjang 14,74 ± 0,01 cm dan bobot 25,53 ± 0,09 g dengan padat tebar 175 ekor/kolam (50 ekor/m3). Selama 90 hari masa pemeliharaan, ikan gabus diberi pakan berupa pelet dengan kandungan protein sekitar 30%. Jumlah pemberian pakan 5% dari biomassa dengan frekuensi pemberian empat kali dalam sehari (pagi, siang, sore, dan malam). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nitrogen dan fosfor pada budidaya ikan gabus terdistribusi pada eceng gondok, sedimen, air, dan ikan. Eceng gondok menyerap nitrogen dan fosfor paling tinggi (P<0,05) dibandingkan air, ikan, dan sedimen. Laju pertumbuhan spesifik bobot (4,37 ± 0,01%/hari) dan biomassa (1,88 ± 0,01 g) ikan gabus tertinggi dicapai pada pemberian kombinasi eceng gondok dan probiotik. Hasil ini dapat dijadikan landasan untuk pengelolaan limbah nitrogen dan fosfor pada budidaya ikan gabus secara intensif.One of the problems in intensive aquaculture system is the the accumulation of waste in the water and sediment. Aquaculture wastes are discharged into the water in form of solids and dissolved nutrients which mostly consisted of nitrogen and phosphorus. The purpose of this study was to study the dynamics of total nitrogen and phosphorus in an intensive aquaculture media supplied with water hyacinth and probiotics (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Achromobacter insuavis). The study was designed using a completely randomized design with treatment combinations of water hyacinth with probiotic (A), water hyacinth (B), and probiotic (C). Each treatment consisted of three replications. The seeds of snakehead used had body length of 14.74 ± 0.01 cm and weight 25.53 ± 0.09 g, stocked in ponds with stocking density of 175 individuals/pond (50 individuals/m3). During 90 days of rearing, the fish were fed with pellet with protein content of 30%. The amount of feeding was 5% of the biomass with feeding frequency of four times a day (morning, afternoon, evening, and night). The results showed that the produced nitrogen and phosphorus in the snakehead cultivation were distributed to water hyacinth, sediment, water, and fish. Water hyacinth absorbed most of the nitrogen and phosphorus compared to water, fish, and sediment. Higher specific growth rate (4.37 ± 0.01%/day) and biomass (1.88 ± 0.01 g) of snakehead were achieved in combination of water hyacinth and probiotic treatment. These results can be used as a basis for the management of nitrogen and phosphorus wastes in an intensive fish farming.


Author(s):  
Raisa Kabeer ◽  
Sylas V. P. ◽  
Praveen Kumar C. S. ◽  
Thomas A. P. ◽  
Shanthiprabha V. ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Richard T. Corlett

This chapter deals with the ecology of Tropical East Asia from the perspective of water, energy, and matter flows through ecosystems, particularly forests. Data from the network of eddy flux covariance towers is revealing general patterns in gross primary production, ecosystem respiration, and net ecosystem production, and exchange. There is also new information on the patterns of net primary production and biomass within the region. In contrast, our understanding of the role of soil nutrients in tropical forest ecology still relies mostly on work done in the Neotropics, with just enough data from Asia to suggest that the major patterns may be pantropical. Nitrogen and phosphorus have received most attention regionally, followed by calcium, potassium, and magnesium, and there has been very little study of the role of micronutrients and potentially toxic concentrations of aluminium, manganese, and hydrogen ions. Animal nutrition has also been neglected.


2019 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 109585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esperança Gacia ◽  
Susana Bernal ◽  
Myrto Nikolakopoulou ◽  
Ester Carreras ◽  
Laura Morgado ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1278-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Velazquez-Martinez ◽  
David A. Perry ◽  
Tom E. Bell

The effect of thinning and cultural practices (multinutrient fertilization, pruning) on total aboveground biomass increment and growth efficiency was studied over three consecutive 2-year periods (1981–1987) in young Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii (Mirb.) Franco) plantations. Net aboveground biomass increment over the 6-year period averaged 14.5, 7.8, and 5.5 Mg•ha−1•year−1 for the high-, medium-, and low-density plots, respectively. Growth efficiency, after dropping sharply between leaf area indexes of 1 and 6 m2/m2, remained relatively constant up to a leaf area index of 17, the highest measured. Consequently, aboveground biomass increment continued to increase at leaf area indexes well above that at which the Beer–Lambert law predicts maximum light should be absorbed. Foliage analyses indicate that thinning improved nitrogen, potassium, and magnesium nutrition and increased the translocation of potassium from 1-year-old foliage to support new growth. However, fertilization increased foliar nitrogen and phosphorus contents only when coupled with pruning, suggesting that trees favor total leaf area over individual needle nutrition. Indications of potassium and magnesium limitations in this study are supported by other recent studies in Douglas-fir. Further work on the role of multinutrient deficiencies in this species is warranted.


1973 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
KC Hodgkinson

Lucerne plants (Medicogo sativa cv. Hunter River) were either frequently or infrequently cut down and subsequent differences in shoot regrowth were compared in two experiments. The first experiment demonstrated that differences in final shoot weights arose from differences developed during the first 7 days of regrowth. High level cutting (15 cm) increased the shoot yield of frequently but not of infrequently cut plants. Net uptake of both nitrogen and phosphorus was related to the growth rate of shoots until commencement of flowering, when uptake ceased for c. 15 days even though both roots and shoots continued to gain weight. Towards the end of flowering uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus recommenced and accumulation of both nutrients occurred in the tap-root and lateral roots. The relative nitrogen and phosphorus content of leaves on crown shoots was highest on day 7 and the same for frequently and infrequently cut plants. Leaves on crown and stubble shoots 7 days after high level cutting had a significantly lower relative nitrogen and phosphorus content than leaves on plants cut low. Thereafter the relative nitrogen and phosphorus content of a11 leaves declined with the greatest decline occurring after the commencement of flowering. In the second experiment early morphogenesis of the shoot population was investigated. Establishment of shoots was completed between 3 and 5 days after cutting. Higher shoot weights on infrequently cut plants were accounted for by a larger number of small shoots at the time of cutting. Relative growth rates of shoots did not appear to be influenced by prior cutting frequency. The relative nitrogen content of buds and shoot apices was low at cutting but doubled within 2 or 3 days and then declined after day 7. These results are discussed in relation to the role of 'plant factors' in shoot regrowth of lucerne.


2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 74-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang LH ◽  
Zhang SJ ◽  
Ye GF ◽  
Shao HB ◽  
Lin GH ◽  
...  

A litterbag experiment was conducted to investigate the changes of tannins and nutrients in branchlets at different decomposition stages of Casuarina equisetifolia in southern subtropical coastal zone, China, using the colorimetric assays. The time required for the loss of half of the initial dry weight (t<sub>50</sub>) was 9.13 months. Total phenolics (TP), extractable condensed tannins (ECT), protein-bound condensed tannins (PBCT), total condensed tannins (TCT) and protein precipitation capacity (PPC) of branchlets litter decreased rapidly, while fibre-bound condensed tannins (FBCT) increased during decomposition. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentration of the branchlet litter both increased gradually during decay. Negative correlations between TP and nitrogen or phosphorus, as well as TCT and nitrogen or phosphorus were found. These chemical changes enhanced the current knowledge on the potential ecological role of nutrient transformation in tannins in C. equisetifolia plantations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6954
Author(s):  
Gianguido Salvi ◽  
Alessandro Acquavita ◽  
Massimo Celio ◽  
Saul Ciriaco ◽  
Stefano Cirilli ◽  
...  

For the first time, the distribution and modifications of living ostracod associations present in the Gulf of Trieste (GoT) in relation to alterations caused by human activity in the last 20 years were investigated. The results were compared with the main physicochemical parameters (especially nitrogen and phosphorus) measured over the same period, which can lead to a general decrease in environmental quality. For a more in-depth analysis of the changes recorded by ostracods in the last 50 years, a period in which eutrophication and anoxia increased, we revisited the study carried out by Masoli in the GoT in 1967. The results obtained made it possible to verify how, over the last 20 years, ostracod assemblages have suffered a decrease both qualitatively and quantitatively. Most of the species recovered show characteristics of opportunism and tolerance to environmentally stressful conditions, high organic matter concentrations, and oxygen deficiency. The ostracods analyzed in 1967 showed similar results with few dominant opportunistic species. We verified how ostracods recorded in GoT, similar to Mollusks and Foraminifera, have been impaired by the possible environmental crisis linked to the recurrence of mucilage and hypoxic events documented for the GoT in the last 50 years. Finally, a comparison with the best environmental conditions found in the Marine Nature Reserve of Miramare (MPA) allowed us to emphasize the important role of protected areas to avoid loss of biodiversity due to urbanization.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 678-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choochai Anudechakul ◽  
Alisa S. Vangnai ◽  
Naiyanan Ariyakanon

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