Nutrient Dynamics and Retention in Land/Water Ecotones of Lowland, Temperate Lakes and Rivers

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Seasonal nitrogen dynamics in reed beds ( Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex. Steudel) in relation to productivity....Pages 1-12
Growth and nutrient uptake by two species of Elodea in experimental conditions and their role in nutrient accumulation in a macrophyte-dominated lake....Pages 13-18
Macrophyte-related shifts in the nitrogen and phosphorus contents of the different trophic levels in a biomanipulated shallow lake....Pages 19-26
Functioning of land-water ecotones in relation to nutrient cycling....Pages 27-32
Some considerations on the functioning of tropical riparian ecotones....Pages 33-38
Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics and retention in ecotones of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia / Peru....Pages 39-47
Detritus and nutrient dynamics in the shore zone of lakes: a review....Pages 49-58
Microbial decomposition of freshwater macrophytes in the littoral zone of lakes....Pages 59-64
Frost formation in the ecotonal zone and its role for release of nutrients....Pages 65-72
Effect of filtering activity of Dreissena polymorpha (Pall.) on the nutrient budget of the littoral of Lake Mikołajskie....Pages 73-79
The role of small mammals and birds in transport of matter through the shore zone of lakes....Pages 81-93
Transport and retention of matter in riparian ecotones....Pages 95-101
Nitrate transformation and water movement in a wetland area....Pages 103-111
Retention of nitrogen in small streams artificially polluted with nitrate....Pages 113-122
Retention of nitrogen and phosphorus in a Danish lowland river system: implications for the export from the watershed....Pages 123-135
Flow and retention of particulate organic matter in riparian fluvial habitats under different climates....Pages 137-142
Importance of flood zones for nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in the Danube Delta....Pages 143-148
The Vistula river and its riparian zones....Pages 149-157
Hydrological problems of the Vistula river valley near Płock....Pages 159-165
The role of water exchange between a stream channel and its hyporheic zone in nitrogen cycling at the terrestrial—aquatic interface....Pages 167-184
Nutrient and flow vector dynamics at the hyporheic / groundwater interface and their effects on the interstitial fauna....Pages 185-198
Storage and dynamics of organic matter in different springs of small floodplain streams....Pages 199-209
Transport of groundwater-borne phosphorus to Lake Bysjön, South Sweden....Pages 211-216
Role of aquatic surface microlayer in the dynamics of nutrients and organic compounds in lakes, with implications for their ecotones....Pages 217-225
The shore vegetation in selected lakeland areas in northeastern Poland....Pages 227-237
Energy control of matter fluxes through land—water ecotones in an agricultural landscape....Pages 239-248
Role of meadow strips for migration of dissolved organic compounds and heavy metals with groundwater....Pages 249-256
The dynamics and retention of phosphorus in lentic and lotic patches of two river—lake systems....Pages 257-268
Particulate phosphorus sedimentation at the river inflow to a lake....Pages 269-274
Patterns of spatial distribution of phosphorus regeneration by zooplankton in a river—lake transitory zone....Pages 275-284
Drainage history and land use pattern of a Swedish river system — their importance for understanding nitrogen and phosphorus load....Pages 285-296
Impact on lake development of changed agricultural watershed exploitation during the last three centuries....Pages 297-308
Nutrient retention by the Kis-Balaton Water Protection System....Pages 309-320
A multi-pond system as a protective zone for the management of lakes in China....Pages 321-329
Management of land / inland water ecotones: needs for regional approaches to achieve sustainable ecological systems....Pages 331-340
The application of the ecotone concept in defining nutrient management requirements for the upper Potomac River basin....Pages 341-349
Modelling the effects of alternative nutrient control policies — the example of Slapton Ley, Devon, UK....Pages 351-361