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Management and Ecology of Freshwater Plants pp 37–41Cite as

Mineralogical and microscopic analyses of material deposited on submersed macrophytes in Florida lakes

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Attached material on submersed vegetation from 18 lakes was analyzed by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy to identify constituent components. Lake trophic state ranged from oligo-to hyper-eutrophic. Minerals present on 11 submersed taxa included calcite, various salts (KC1 and NaCl), silicon dioxide (both biogenic and sand) and hematite. Abundance of deposited material was not related to concentrations of precursor elements in the water column. Resuspended sediments and diatom frustules both contributed to the silica fraction of marl and should be compartmentalized.

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  1. Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 7922 N.W. 71st St, Gainesville, FL, 32653, USA

    Paul V. Zimba

  2. U.S.D.A, P.O.B. 19678, New Orleans, LA, 70179, USA

    Paul V. Zimba

  3. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116400, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Stan R. Bates

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Zimba, P.V., Bates, S.R. (1996). Mineralogical and microscopic analyses of material deposited on submersed macrophytes in Florida lakes. In: Caffrey, J.M., Barrett, P.R.F., Murphy, K.J., Wade, P.M. (eds) Management and Ecology of Freshwater Plants. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 120. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5782-7_8

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