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Unusual diel pHs in water as related to aquatic vegetation

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High diel pHs (% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabmiwayaara% aaaa!36E2!\[\bar X\] > 9.0) showing little or no fluctuation were observed in several impoundments. This phenomenon was experimentally produced in water that contained only Myriophyllum spicatum or species of filamentous algae. Diel pHs ⩾ 9.0 were produced in the laboratory with as little as 0.2 g/1 of algae or vascular plants. The ability of these plants to cause high diel pHs in water may have evolved in response to competition with phytoplankton for carbon.

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Halstead, B.G., Tash, J.C. Unusual diel pHs in water as related to aquatic vegetation. Hydrobiologia 96, 217–224 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010613

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