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Plant diversity and ecosystem resistance in simulated constructed wetlands.

LI Dan1, LIU Yang1, JIANG Yue-ping2, REN Yuan1, DU Yuan0yuan1, GU Bao-jing3, CHANG Jie1, GE Ying1**   

  1. (1College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; 2Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park Research Center for Ecological Sciences, Hangzhou 310013, China; 3Policy Simulation Laboratory, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)
  • Online:2015-07-10 Published:2015-07-10

Abstract: Here we set 90 microcosms to simulate the constructed wetlands. The microcosms were planted with 1, 2, 3 or 4 plant species and were divided into ammonium perturbed and unperturbed groups. The results showed that: (1) aboveground biomass increased with species richness in the unperturbed group, but the ammonium perturbation offset the positive effect of species richness; (2) the resistance indicated by aboveground biomass decreased with species richness; (3) the resistance negatively responded to the unperturbed biomass; (4) the presence of Acorus calamus decreased the ecosystem resistance, while the other three species had no such effect. Our study explored the effect of new type of perturbation and extended the studies on the relationship between diversity and ecosystem resistance.

Key words: photosynthesis, AMF, enzymaticactivity., rhizosphere microorganism, cucumber, Spd