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Wetlands often function as a nutrient sink. It is well known that increased input of nutrient increases the primary productivity but it is not well understood what is the fate of produced biomass in wetland ecosystem. Water and sediment quality, decomposition rate of cellulose, and sediment accumulation rate in 11 montane marshes in northern Sierra Nevada, California were analyzed to trace the effect of nitrogen and phosphorus content in water on nutrient dynamics. Concentrations of ammonium, nitrate, soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in water were in the range of 27 to 607, 8 to 73, and 6 to 109 ppb, respectively. Concentrations of ammonium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium in water were the highest in Markleeville, which has been impacted by animal farming. Nitrate and SRP concentrations in water were the highest in Snow Creek, which has been impacted by human residence and a golf course. Cellulose decomposition rates ranged from 4 to 75 % per 90 days and the highest values were measured in Snow Creek. Concentrations of total carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in sediment ranged from 8.0 to 42.8, 0.5 to 3.0, and 0.076 to 0.162 %, respectively. Accumulation rates of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluctuated between 32.7 to 97.1, 2.4 to 9.0, and 0.08 to 1.14 g m-2 yr-1, respectively. Accumulation rates of carbon and nitrogen were highest in Markleeville and that of phosphorus was highest in Lake Van Norden. Correlation analysis showed that decay rate is correlated with ammonium, nitrate, and SRP in water. There was no correlation between element content in sediment and water quality. Nitrogen accumulation rate was correlated with ammonium in water. These results showed that element accumulation rates in montane wetland ecosystems are determined by decomposition rate rather than nutrient input. This study stresses a need for eco-physiological researches on the response of microbial community to increased nutrient input and environmental change because the microbial community is responsible for the decomposition process.

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Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Materials and Methods
  2.1 Sampling sites
  2.2 Water quality
  2.3 Decomposition rate
  2.4 Sediment quality and sediment accumulation rate data
 3. Results and Discussion
  3.1 Water quality
  3.2 Decomposition rate
  3.3 Sediment quality
  3.4 Sediment accumulation rate
  3.5 Relationship among water quality and decdomposition rate, sediment quality, and sedimentation rate
 4. Conclusion
 References

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저자

• Kim Jae Geun [ Department of Biology Education, Seoul Nation University ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  한국습지학회지 [韓國濕地學會誌]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1229-6031

• eISSN

  2384-0056

• 수록기간

  1999~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 472 DDC 570