Hydrobiologia

, Volume 63, Issue 3, pp 213–222 | Cite as

Nutrient budgets of a temporary pond ecosystem

  • Jonathan J. Cole
  • Stuart G. Fischer
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Abstract

Summer input-output budgets for several nutrients are presented for a temporary pond in New England. Inputs and outputs are nearly equal for calcium, magnesium, and chloride, while nitrate, phosphate, and sulfate are retained by the system. Small ponds appear to be open with respect to nutrient fluxes, yet closed in terms of energy flow.

Keywords

Nutrients Pond budgets ecosystem 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jonathan J. Cole
    • 1
  • Stuart G. Fischer
    • 2
  1. 1.Section of Ecology and SystematicsCornell UniversityIthaca
  2. 2.Department of ZoologyArizona State UniversityTempeU.S.A.

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