Detta examensarbete är utfört på plats i Lajaedo, Brasilien och i anslutning till Sanitário de Lajeado – RS, Brasilien, mellan januari till maj 2010. I samband med denna rapport utfördes två andra examensarbeten inom samma områden. Det är menat att denna rapport skall ligga till grund för framtida projekt och beslut om utökad lakvattenrening.Lajeado ligger i södra Brasilien ca 100 km från atlantkusten. 10 km utanför Lajeado ligger en ung avfallsdeponi på ca 15 000 m2 till ytan med tillhörande lakvattenrening med ett utjämningsmagasin, en syrsättningsbassäng samt sedimentering. Deponin tar emot 42 ton fast kommunalt avfall per dag och har ett lakvattenflöde på genomsnitt 0,5 – 1,0 m3/h.Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka vilken inverkan vegetation har på reningen av lakvatten inom parametrarna TKN, BOD5 och COD, i småskaliga våtmarker av typen rotzonsanläggning. Då den befintliga reningen på plats har svårt att uppfylla vissa uppsatta lagkrav.Sammansättningen på och mängden av lakvatten beror främst på faktorerna, nederbörd, Temperatur och nedbrytningen i deponin.Vegetationens har många olika betydelser i en rotzonsanläggning. Plantan transporter ner syre till dess rotsystem där syremolekyler diffunderar ut. Vegetation fungerar även som en extern kolkälla vid denitrifikationsteget. Det är viktigt att vegetationen trivs och rotsystemet är välutvecklat, för att få en maximal reduktion av föroreningar i våtmarken.Åtta småskaliga våtmarker byggdes upp i anslutning till lakvattenreningen, i avkapade plasttunnor. Alla våtmarker byggdes upp med unika förutsättningar för att kunna jämföra resultatet. Två olika substrat användes och jämfördes, i fyra kar planterades vegetation och fyra utan, fyra hade kontinuerligt flöde som jämfördes med fyra kar med batch flow.Resultaten visar att växterna inte har någon större inverkan på reningsgraden av BOD5, COD och TKN. Men såg tydliga tecken på högre vattenavdunstning i våtmarkerna med biomassa och generellt högre halter av BOD5, COD och TKN i jämförelse med våtmarkerna utan biomassa. Vegetationen hann inte acklimatisera sig till miljön i våtmarkerna, men det var på god väg. För att få ett bättre resultat och en mer signifikant skillnad mellan våtmarkerna skulle försöken ha pågått under en längre tid. Det behövs mer forskning och projekt under en längre period.Detta examensarbete är utfört på plats i Lajaedo, Brasilien och i anslutning till Sanitário de Lajeado – RS, Brasilien, mellan januari till maj 2010. I samband med denna rapport utfördes två andra examensarbeten inom samma områden. Det är menat att denna rapport skall ligga till grund för framtida projekt och beslut om utökad lakvattenrening.Lajeado ligger i södra Brasilien ca 100 km från atlantkusten. 10 km utanför Lajeado ligger en ung avfallsdeponi på ca 15 000 m2 till ytan med tillhörande lakvattenrening med ett utjämningsmagasin, en syrsättningsbassäng samt sedimentering. Deponin tar emot 42 ton fast kommunalt avfall per dag och har ett lakvattenflöde på genomsnitt 0,5 – 1,0 m3/h.Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka vilken inverkan vegetation har på reningen av lakvatten inom parametrarna TKN, BOD5 och COD, i småskaliga våtmarker av typen rotzonsanläggning. Då den befintliga reningen på plats har svårt att uppfylla vissa uppsatta lagkrav.Sammansättningen på och mängden av lakvatten beror främst på faktorerna, nederbörd, Temperatur och nedbrytningen i deponin.Vegetationens har många olika betydelser i en rotzonsanläggning. Plantan transporter ner syre till dess rotsystem där syremolekyler diffunderar ut. Vegetation fungerar även som en extern kolkälla vid denitrifikationsteget. Det är viktigt att vegetationen trivs och rotsystemet är välutvecklat, för att få en maximal reduktion av föroreningar i våtmarken.Åtta småskaliga våtmarker byggdes upp i anslutning till lakvattenreningen, i avkapade plasttunnor. Alla våtmarker byggdes upp med unika förutsättningar för att kunna jämföra resultatet. Två olika substrat användes och jämfördes, i fyra kar planterades vegetation och fyra utan, fyra hade kontinuerligt flöde som jämfördes med fyra kar med batch flow.Resultaten visar att växterna inte har någon större inverkan på reningsgraden av BOD5, COD och TKN. Men såg tydliga tecken på högre vattenavdunstning i våtmarkerna med biomassa och generellt högre halter av BOD5, COD och TKN i jämförelse med våtmarkerna utan biomassa. Vegetationen hann inte acklimatisera sig till miljön i våtmarkerna, men det var på god väg. För att få ett bättre resultat och en mer signifikant skillnad mellan våtmarkerna skulle försöken ha pågått under en längre tid. Det behövs mer forskning och projekt under en längre period. / The ability for a subsurface flow constructed wetland system to treat landfill leachate was evaluated in Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Eight 0.95 m x 0.6 m experimental (SSF) units with a depth 0.4 m were used. Each wetland had unique conditions. Four units were planted with Typha angustifolia L. and four units were unplanted. Two different substrate dimension were used, four units with sand and four with gravel. Four wetlands operated in batch mode and four units with continuous flow. Batch flow systems were drained and filled up each week. To review vegetations impact on BOD5, COD and nitrogen compounds reduced in a wetland. This project lasted between January until May 2010 and samples were analyzed in April to May in four weeks.The result from this project show higher evapotranspiration water loss in units with planted vegetation and higher effluents concentration of BOD5, COD and nitrogen compounds, than in unplanted units.The ability for a subsurface flow constructed wetland system to treat landfill leachate was evaluated in Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Eight 0.95 m x 0.6 m experimental (SSF) units with a depth 0.4 m were used. Each wetland had unique conditions. Four units were planted with Typha angustifolia L. and four units were unplanted. Two different substrate dimension were used, four units with sand and four with gravel. Four wetlands operated in batch mode and four units with continuous flow. Batch flow systems were drained and filled up each week. To review vegetations impact on BOD5, COD and nitrogen compounds reduced in a wetland. This project lasted between January until May 2010 and samples were analyzed in April to May in four weeks.The result from this project show higher evapotranspiration water loss in units with planted vegetation and higher effluents concentration of BOD5, COD and nitrogen compounds, than in unplanted units.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The cattail (Typha spp.) is the protagonist of the life histories of women extractivist-artisans, because it guarantees their sustainability in daily life. In this perspective, the main objective of the thesis was to point out how cattail promotes the socioenvironmental sustainability of women who attribute meanings to their actions as a way of surviving, in the face of the adversities of their daily lives. It had as specific objectives: to contextualize the actions and processes of women in the extraction of the Cattail, in order to influence the construction of socioenvironmental sustainability; identify spaces (social, educational, cultural and political) in which women express their experiences in daily life; to describe the meanings attributed by the woman to the extraction of the cattail in relation to the sociability and the commercialization of the products re-signified to the raw material of Typha spp. To achieve the objectives, oral history was used interwoven with social phenomenology, which allowed us to recall events and facts that led the women extractivist-artisans of cattail - as well as extractive-artisans from Ouricuri straw, fishermen, lace makers, seamstresses, straw braids artisans, housekeepers, ministers, sisters, mothers and wives - to incorporate in their routine ways of resisting and sustaining the family in the place of daily life. In this case, the research locus was the municipality of Pacatuba, State of Sergipe, Brazil. We also used interviews-dialogues, semistructured questionnaires, participation in meetings and events, field journals, theoretical readings and photographs as methodological tools, which allowed us to systematize the thesis. We conclude that, for extractive-artisan women, sustainability is delineated in daily life through actions that aim to keep Typha spp. in constant production and growth. It is not something that is discussed, it is something that is done, and it was transmitted to them by previous generations and by processes of observation of the daily life, especially since the knowledge of the correct management is passed from artisan to artisan, during the harvest, as well as in meetings in associations, craft centers, group meetings and also in prayer spaces. Finally, the meaning that these extractivist-artisans attribute to the cattail is summed up in one word: everything. "[...] The Cattail to us is everything".________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ / L’arbre Taboa est la protagoniste des histories de vie des femmes artisans et faisantes de l’extractivisme, en raison de la garantie de leur maintenance dans la vie quotidienne. Ainsi, l’objectif central de cette thèse est exposer comment le Taboa (Thypha spp.) permet la viabilité de l’environnement et sociale des femmes qui mettent signification dans ces actions comme une forme de survivre avant les adversités de leur vie. Comme des objectifs spécifiques, la thèse contextualise les actions et les procès des femmes dans l’extraction de Taboa pour influencer dans la construction de durabilité socio-environnemental; elle identifie les espaces (sociaux, de l’éducation, culturels, politiques) dans lesquels les femmes expriment leurs expériences quotidiennes; décrit les significations attribués par ces femmes à l’extraction de Taboa en relation à la durabilité et commercialisation des produits de le Thypha spp. Pour la concrétisation de la thèse, on s’utilise de l’histoire oral ainsi comme de la méthode de la phénoménologie sociale, qui a en permis revoir la construction des faits responsables pour l’incorporation, pour partie de ces femmes artisans de Taboa, (ainsi como les artisans de “palha do Ouricuri”, pêcheuses, dentellières, couturières, femmes blanchisseuses, femmes de ménage, femmes pasteurs, soeurs, mères et femmes) dans leur quotidien, formes de résister et maintenir leurs familles. Dans ce cas là, le locus de recherche est le ville de Pacatuba, Sergipe, Brèsil. On s’utilise aussi des interviews-dialogues, des questionnaires semi-structuré, des participations dans des événements, des registres de recherche en locus, de la littérature de théorie et des photos, comme instrument méthodologique qui permet la systématisation de la thèse. On peut conclure que, pour les femmes artisans et faisantes de l’extractivisme, la durabilité habite dans la vie quotidienne, à travers des actions qui visent maintenir le Thypha spp en constant production et développement. Pour ces femmes, ce n’est pas quelque chose à discuter, mais à faire, une coutume transmise par des générations précédentes et des procès d’observation du quotidien, surtout parce que cette connaissance de manipulation est apprise d’artisan à artisan, pendant les périodes de la récolte, et dans les rencontres des associations, les centres d’artisanat, les réunions de groupe d’artisans, ainsi comme dans les espaces de prière. Enfin, le résumé de la signification que ces femmes artisans mettent à Taboa, est le mot ‘tout’: “Le Taboa est tout pour nous”. / A taboa é a protagonista das histórias de vida das mulheres extrativistas-artesãs, em razão da garantia da sua sustentabilidade no cotidiano. Nesta perspectiva, o objetivo central da tese foi explicitar como a taboa (Typha spp.) promove a sustentabilidade socioambiental de mulheres que atribuem significados às suas ações como forma de sobreviver, diante das adversidades do seu cotidiano. Teve como objetivos específicos: contextualizar as ações e processos das mulheres na extração da taboa, de modo a influenciar na construção da sustentabilidade socioambiental; identificar espaços (sociais, educacionais, culturais e políticos) em que as mulheres exprimem suas vivências no cotidiano; descrever os significados atribuídos pela mulher à extração da taboa, em relação à sociabilidade e à comercialização dos produtos ressignificados à matéria-prima da Typha spp. Para concretização, foi utilizada a história oral entrelaçada à fenomenologia social, que permitiu rememorar eventos e fatos que levaram as mulheres extrativistas-artesãs da taboa - bem como as extrativistas-artesãs da palha do Ouricuri, pescadoras, rendeiras, costureiras, trançadeiras, lavadeiras, passadeiras, faxineiras, pastoras, irmãs, mães e esposas - a incorporarem em sua rotina formas de resistir e sustentar a família no local de vida cotidiana. Neste caso, o locus da pesquisa foi o município de Pacatuba, Estado de Sergipe, Brasil. Utilizou-se também entrevistas-diálogos, questionários semiestruturados, participação em encontros e eventos, diários de campo, leituras teóricas e fotografias como instrumentos metodológicos, que permitiram sistematizar a tese. Concluímos que, para as mulheres extrativistas-artesãs, sustentabilidade delineia-se no cotidiano por meio de ações que objetivam manter a Typha spp em constante produção e crescimento. Não é algo que se discute, é algo que se faz, e que lhes foi transmitido pelas gerações anteriores e por processos de observação do cotidiano, sobretudo porque o conhecimento do manejo correto é passado de artesã para artesã, durante a colheita, e nos encontros nas associações, centros de artesanatos, reuniões do grupo e também em espaços de oração. Por fim, o significado que essas extrativistas-artesãs atribuem à taboa se resume em uma palavra: tudo. “[...]A taboa pra nós é tudo”. / São Cristóvão, SE

L’objectif de ce travail de thèse est d’évaluer le degré de contamination des différents compartiments du site de la décharge d’Étueffont à savoir : les lixiviats, les sédiments, l’eau souterraine, les poissons, les insectes et les microorganismes de la décharge d’Étueffont. Ce travail de recherche est structuré en neuf chapitres.Après une première partie (Part I) consacrée à une étude bibliographique, le deuxième chapitre (Part II) présente le site d’étude, c’est-à-dire l’installation de stockage de déchets non dangereux(ISDND) d’Étueffont. La troisième partie (Part III) est consacrée à l’analyse de la qualité des lixiviats dans les lagunes, les unités de stockage des déchets « Nouveau casier », « Sous casier », « Ancienne décharge », les ruisseaux du gros Pré et Mont Bonnet. La quatrième partie (Part IV) intitulée « Contamination métallique des sédiments du site de la décharge d’Étueffont », aborde l’étude de la variation spatiotemporelle des éléments traces métalliques au niveau des lixiviats et des sédiments dans les quatre lagunes du site de la décharge d’Étueffont. Afin de déterminer le degré de contamination métallique des lixiviats et des sédiments, nous avons procédé à un suivi de certains éléments localisés en amont, au milieu et en aval de chaque lagune avec un pas d’échantillonnage trimestriel entre octobre 2013 et avril 2016. La cinquième partie (Part V), complémentaire du chapitre précédent, définit plus précisément la distribution spatiale du panache à travers l’analyse de la qualité de l’eau souterraine au moyen de piézomètres. La sixième partie (Part VI) concerne les effets des métaux lourds sur les échanges gazeux et la fluorescence des chlorophylles chez (Typha latifolia). Le septième chapitre (Part VII) est consacré à l’étude des microorganismes de la décharge d’Etueffont : apport de la cytométrie en flux. Dans le huitième chapitre (Part VIII), nous aborderons l’étude de la bioaccumulation des éléments traces métalliques dans le Chironome Chironomus riparius. La dernière partie (Part IX) intitulée « Étude de la bioaccumulation des éléments traces métalliques au niveau des différents organes du gardon Rutilus rutilus», aborde l’étude de la bioaccumulation des éléments traces métalliques au niveau de différents organes (muscle, foie, arêtes et branchies). / The objective of this thesis work is to estimate the contamination level in the various compartments of the Étueffont discharge site namely: leachates, sediments, groundwater, fishes and insects. The microorganisms (< 10 µm) of the Étueffont discharge of were investigated at the single cell level by flow cytometry. This research work is structured in nine chapters.The first part (Part I), is dedicated to a literature review. Part II presents the study site, the storage of non-hazardous waste (ISDND) at Étueffont. Part III is dedicated to the analysis of leachate quality in lagoons, NC, SC, AD, MB and GP. Part IV addresses "Metal Sediment Contamination of Étueffont discharge site" It concerns the study of spatial and temporal variation of trace metals in leachate and sediment in the four lagoons landfill site of Étueffont. To determine the metal contamination level in leachate and sediment, we conducted follow-elements located upstream, middle and downstream in each lagoon with quarterly sampling between October 2013 and April 2016. Part V complements the previous chapter, by specifically defining the spatial distribution of the plume through the quality analysis of the piezometer groundwater. Part VI addresses the heavy metals impacts on gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in (Typha latifolia). Part VII is dedicated to the microorganisms (<10 µm) investigation in the Étueffont discharge: by using flow cytometry. In the (Part VIII), we addressed the study of bioaccumulation of trace metallic elements (Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd and Pb) in insect Chironomus riparius. Part IX entitled "Study bioaccumulation of trace metals in the various organs of roach Rutilus rutilus" concerns bioaccumulation of trace metals in different organs (muscle, liver, bones and gills) of this fish.

This study investigates the hybridization of two species of cattails, Typha latifolia (Common Cattail) and T. angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Cattail) in the Czech Republic. The aim of this study was to determine, how often T. latifolia and T. angustifolia hybridize, whether hybridization is allowed by overlapping flowering time of these species and whether it is possible these species controlled cross in a culture. For detection of hybrid individuals were used microsatellite DNA markers, which allow to detect hybridization events and differentiate hybrids from the parental species. Molecular analysis revealed that hybridization of T. latifolia and T. angustifolia occurs in the Czech Republic, but it is not frequent. Of the 267 analyzed individuals, 130 individuals were pure species T. latifolia, 108 individuals pure species T. angustifolia and 29 individuals were hybrids. Of the hybrids, 23 were advanced hybrids, 5 were backcrosses and only one individual was F1 hybrid. Flowering time of T. latifolia and T. angustifolia overlaps, which allows hybridization, and flowering time to not act as a prezygotic reproductive isolation barrier and gametes T. latifolia and T. angustifolia can blend together. In controlled crosses the female spikes T. latifolia and T. angustifolia created seeds, but these were...

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Para tanto, utilizou-se o modelo Simple Algorithm for Evapotranspiration Retrieving (SAFER) para estimativa da evapotranspiração atual (ETa), resultando em uma média da bacia no período avaliado de 0,70 mm dia-1, 0,85 mm dia-1 das espécies invasoras (EI), 1,20 mm dia-1 da mata remanescente (MR), 0,70 mm dia-1 da pastagem (Pa), 0,65 mm dia-1 das culturas anuais (CA) e 0,72 mm dia-1 das culturas perenes (CP). O ano de 2003 registrou a menor média de ETa da bacia com 0,42 mm dia-1, enquanto o ano de 2015 apresentou a maior média anual do período estudado, com 1,03 mm dia-1. Destaca-se que os valores da ETa das EI equivale ao consumo de 25% da população de Santa Fé do Sul, o que traz consequências na época seca quando o recurso hídrico é mais escasso. Estes cenários exigem ações imediatas para a produção e armazenamento de água na bacia, que tem morfometria alongada, evidenciando menor risco de cheias em condições normais de pluviosidade anual. A declividade média de 5,4% caracteriza o relevo como suave-ondulado, com drenagem deficiente (1,054 km km-2). Com essas características morfométricas associadas à precipitação anual média de 1.271 mm e padrão de drenagem caracterizado como do tipo dendrítico, com baixo grau de ramificação (Ordem 3), a disponibilidade de água não deveria ser um problema, mas o é, pelo fato de que a bacia se encontra degradada com apenas 4,5% de MR, os serviços ecossistêmicos fornecidos pela vegetação natural são mínimos e insuficientes para atender a demanda de água por parte dos usuários. São necessárias a adoção de medidas de mitigação, incluindo intervenção e implementação ações como por exemplo, o pagamento por serviços ambientais, sendo uma medida urgente a preservação ou recomposição da mata ciliar. / In a scenario of climate change and land use and occupation, the watershed of Cabeceira Comprida stream, located in Santa Fé do Sul - São Paulo State, presents as degraded with thalwegs sedimented, absence of riparian forests and unprotected springs leading to the inability to generate and store water to meet current demand (population, agriculture and sanitation) in periods of drought, aggravating in prolonged droughts, such as those of 2004, 2013 and 2014 exacerbating the problem of water supply to the population. Being necessary to evaluate the behavior of above-ground water in the watershed with combined use of Landsat 5 (TM) and Landsat - 8 images (OLI and TIRS) in the period of 2000 - 2011 and 2013 - 2015 and information from agrometeorological stations. Therefore, we used the Simple Algorithm for Retrieving Evapotranspiration (SAFER) to estimate actual evapotranspiration, resulting in average basin during the study period of 0.70 mm dia-1, 0.85 mm dia-1 of invasive species (EI), 1.20 mm dia-1 of the remaining forest (MR), 0.70 mm dia-1 of pasture (Pa), 0.65 mm dia-1 of annual crops (CA) e 0.72 mm dia-1 of perennial crop (CP). The year 2003 recorded the lowest average evapotranspiration of the basin with 0.42 mm dia-1, while the year 2015 had the highest annual average in the study period with 1.03 mm dia-1. It is worth noting that the evapotranspiration of the IE corresponds to the consumption of 25% of the population of Santa Fé do Sul, which has consequences in the dry season when the water resource is scarcer, requiring immediate actions for the production and storage of water in the watershed, which has an elongated morphometry, showing a lower risk of flooding under normal annual rainfall conditions. The mean slope of 5.4% is characterized by a smooth-wavy relief with poor drainage (1.054 km km-2). With these morphometric characteristics associated to the average annual precipitation of 1,271 mm and drainage pattern characterized as dendritic type, with low degree of branching (Order 3), the availability of water should not be a problem, but it is due to the fact that the watershed is degraded with only 4.5% of remaining forest, the ecosystem services provided by natural vegetation are minimal and insufficient to meet users' water demand. It is necessary to adopt mitigation actions, including intervention and implementation actions such as payment for environmental services, being an urgent measure the preservation or restoration of the riparian forest.

Orientador: Fernando Braz Tangerino Hernandez / Resumo: Em cenários de mudanças climáticas e de uso e ocupação do solo, a bacia do córrego Cabeceira Comprida, localizada em Santa Fé do Sul - SP, se apresenta degradada com talvegues assoreados, ausência de matas ciliares e nascentes desprotegidas levando à incapacidade de gerar e armazenar água para atender a demanda atual (população, agricultura e saneamento) e em períodos de seca, agravando-se em prolongadas estiagens, como em 2004, 2013 e 2014 agravando o problema do abastecimento de água à população. Sendo assim, torna-se importante avaliar os fluxos hídricos da água acima do solo na bacia com o uso combinado de imagens de satélites Landsat 5 (TM) e Landsat-8 (OLI e TIRS) no período de 2000 - 2011 e 2013 - 2015 e informações provenientes de estações agrometeorológicas. Para tanto, utilizou-se o modelo Simple Algorithm for Evapotranspiration Retrieving (SAFER) para estimativa da evapotranspiração atual (ETa), resultando em uma média da bacia no período avaliado de 0,70 mm dia-1, 0,85 mm dia-1 das espécies invasoras (EI), 1,20 mm dia-1 da mata remanescente (MR), 0,70 mm dia-1 da pastagem (Pa), 0,65 mm dia-1 das culturas anuais (CA) e 0,72 mm dia-1 das culturas perenes (CP). O ano de 2003 registrou a menor média de ETa da bacia com 0,42 mm dia-1, enquanto o ano de 2015 apresentou a maior média anual do período estudado, com 1,03 mm dia-1. Destaca-se que os valores da ETa das EI equivale ao consumo de 25% da população de Santa Fé do Sul, o que traz consequências na época seca quand... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In a scenario of climate change and land use and occupation, the watershed of Cabeceira Comprida stream, located in Santa Fé do Sul - São Paulo State, presents as degraded with thalwegs sedimented, absence of riparian forests and unprotected springs leading to the inability to generate and store water to meet current demand (population, agriculture and sanitation) in periods of drought, aggravating in prolonged droughts, such as those of 2004, 2013 and 2014 exacerbating the problem of water supply to the population. Being necessary to evaluate the behavior of above-ground water in the watershed with combined use of Landsat 5 (TM) and Landsat - 8 images (OLI and TIRS) in the period of 2000 - 2011 and 2013 - 2015 and information from agrometeorological stations. Therefore, we used the Simple Algorithm for Retrieving Evapotranspiration (SAFER) to estimate actual evapotranspiration, resulting in average basin during the study period of 0.70 mm dia-1, 0.85 mm dia-1 of invasive species (EI), 1.20 mm dia-1 of the remaining forest (MR), 0.70 mm dia-1 of pasture (Pa), 0.65 mm dia-1 of annual crops (CA) e 0.72 mm dia-1 of perennial crop (CP). The year 2003 recorded the lowest average evapotranspiration of the basin with 0.42 mm dia-1, while the year 2015 had the highest annual average in the study period with 1.03 mm dia-1. It is worth noting that the evapotranspiration of the IE corresponds to the consumption of 25% of the population of Santa Fé do Sul, which has consequences in the d... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

<p>The aim of the study was to investigate if methane emission in a constructed wetland changed in a diurnal pattern correlating to temperature, humidity or light conditions. The gas measurements were carried out with a static chamber technique. The wetland (in Nykvarn outside of Linköping, Sweden) takes care of wastewater to reduce the nitrogen loads. Measurements were carried out at three different occasions in the summer of 1998 on two sites in the wetland. One site was close to the inflow, inhabited by Lemnaceae, and another site was located further downstream inhabited by the emergent macrophyte Typha latifolia. The results showed a variation, but no discernible diurnal pattern. The Typha site had a methane emission rate of 166 mg CH₄ m-2d-1 and the Lemnaceae site had an methane emission rate of 712 mg CH₄ m-2d-1. In all experiments at the Typha site, the highest methane emission rate was obtained at sunrise.</p>

The aim of the study was to investigate if methane emission in a constructed wetland changed in a diurnal pattern correlating to temperature, humidity or light conditions. The gas measurements were carried out with a static chamber technique. The wetland (in Nykvarn outside of Linköping, Sweden) takes care of wastewater to reduce the nitrogen loads. Measurements were carried out at three different occasions in the summer of 1998 on two sites in the wetland. One site was close to the inflow, inhabited by Lemnaceae, and another site was located further downstream inhabited by the emergent macrophyte Typha latifolia. The results showed a variation, but no discernible diurnal pattern. The Typha site had a methane emission rate of 166 mg CH4 m-2d-1 and the Lemnaceae site had an methane emission rate of 712 mg CH4 m-2d-1. In all experiments at the Typha site, the highest methane emission rate was obtained at sunrise.

<p>Since wetlands provide many important ecosystem services, there is much interest in protecting existing wetlands and restoring degraded wetlands. Yet, degraded wetlands and restoration sites are often vulnerable to plant invasions that can hinder restoration success. Invasive plants typically reduce biodiversity and alter important ecosystem functions and services. This dissertation examines the ecological impact and management of invasive plant species during wetland restoration with a focus on three important drivers of plant community change in wetland ecosystems: disturbance, plant strategies, and environmental filters.</p><p>The investigations included in this research were conducted in a tropical dry wetland (Palo Verde Marsh, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica) and a temperate piedmont riparian forest (Sandy Creek, Duke Forest Stream and Wetland Assessment and Management Park, Durham, North Carolina). In these experiments, the primary species of interest are <italic>Typha domingensis</italic> Pers. (cattail; Typhaceae), <italic>Ligustrum sinense</italic> Lour. (Chinese privet; Oleaceae), <italic>Arundinaria gigantea</italic> (Walter) Muhl. (giant cane; Poaceae), and <italic>Microstegium vimineum</italic> (Trin.) A. Camus (Japanese stiltgrass; Poaceae).</p><p>The expansion of <italic>Typha</italic> into wetlands historically not dominated by cattail typically occurs in response to natural and anthropogenic perturbations. Management approaches that reduce <italic>Typha</italic> dominance, increase diversity, and restore or maintain wetland ecosystem services are of interest worldwide. The objective of the first phase of the research was to investigate a unique <italic>Typha</italic> removal method that is used in one of the most dynamic and ecologically important wetlands in Central America (Palo Verde Marsh, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica; a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance). Palo Verde Marsh is a tropical dry wetland with distinct and extreme wet and dry seasons; it is flooded during the wet season and has no standing water for much of the dry season. Palo Verde Marsh has historically provided important habitat for very large populations of migratory birds. However, a cattail (<italic>T. domingensis</italic>) expansion in the 1980s greatly altered the plant community and reduced avian habitat. Since then, <italic>Typha</italic> has been managed using fangueo (a Spanish word, pronounced as "fahn-gay-yo" in English). During fangueo, <italic>Typha</italic> is crushed and locally removed by a tractor with metal paddle wheels. I applied a <italic>Typha</italic> removal treatment at three levels (control, fangueo, and fangueo with fencing to exclude cattle grazing) at Palo Verde Marsh. Fangueo was applied at the beginning of the dry season resulting in a large reduction in <italic>Typha</italic> dominance (decreased aboveground biomass, ramet density, ramet height), an increase in open areas with no vegetation, and a 98 and 5-fold increase in avian density and richness, respectively. Importantly, fangueo had no apparent long-term impact on any of the soil properties measured (including bulk density). Interestingly, low soil and foliar N:P values indicate that Palo Verde Marsh and other wetlands in the region may be nitrogen limited. The fangueo process is an effective method for restricting <italic>Typha</italic> expansion and increasing plant and avian diversity. I present a model that illustrates the impact of <italic>Typha</italic> management and seasonal flooding on the plant and avian community. The technique might be adopted or modified for the restoration and management of <italic>Typha</italic> and other invasive emergent plants in other wetlands.</p><p>The second objective of this research was to better quantify the impact of the distinct and extreme anaerobic/aerobic annual cycle on the plant community in Palo Verde Marsh. Since the impact of seasonal flooding on the plant community in seasonal wetlands is often most evident after disturbance, I created gaps in the wetland vegetation via the mechanical removal of emergent vegetation and then measured plant community change using surveys of the wet and dry season standing vegetation, the seed bank, and <italic>in situ</italic> seedling recruitment. As expected, seasonal flooding acted as an environmental filter and resulted in distinct dry and wet season assemblages. The dominant plant life forms present after vegetation removal differed between seasons with emergents dominating during the dry season and floating-rooted, free-floating, and submerged species more dominant during the wet season. I identified common species that are characteristic of both seasonal assemblages and used indicator species analyses to identify species that are only likely to be found during the wet season. I also characterized the seed bank at this site; like most seasonal wetlands, plant species' resilience in this wetland were dependent upon a large and diverse seed bank which allowed many species to revegetate after disturbance and the extreme wet/dry conditions which acted like environmental filters.</p><p>In addition to the experiments conducted in Palo Verde Marsh, this dissertation also presents the results from an experiment in a temperate riparian restoration site in the North Carolina Piedmont (Sandy Creek, Duke Forest Stream and Wetland Assessment and Management Park, Durham, NC). Since riparian restoration efforts in the southeastern U.S. are often hindered by invasive non-native plants, there is much interest in approaches that can be used to reduce the impact of invasive non-native plant populations at the local level (e.g., a restoration site). In addition to the impact of non-native species-specific removal efforts, there is also much interest in the identification and assessment of native competitive-dominant plant species that can be used during riparian restoration to support important ecosystem functions and reduce non-native invasibility. <italic>Ligustrum sinense</italic> (Chinese privet) is a very common invasive non-native shrub in the region. <italic>Arundinaria gigantea</italic> (giant cane) is a native bamboo species that used to be very abundant in riparian and wetland ecosystems in the region. The objectives of this phase of the research were to: (1) measure the plant community response to removal of mature <italic>L. sinense</italic> individuals; and (2) quantify planted <italic>A. gigantea</italic> clonal expansion in the presence of other plants, particularly common non-native invasive species. Due to its potential for rapid growth and expansion, it was hypothesized that <italic>A. gigantea</italic> would be able to compete with common non-native species and reduce non-native invasibility. In a three-year split-plot experimental design, I applied a Privet-Presence treatment at two levels (Privet Present, Privet Removed) and a Cane-Planting treatment also at two levels (Cane, No Cane). The privet removal treatment resulted in 100% mortality of mature privet individuals. After privet removal, <italic>L. sinense</italic> seedlings recruited into these plots but growth has been very slow and these <italic>L. sinense</italic> individuals are not yet dominant. The privet canopy allows minimal understory plant recruitment and growth and privet removal resulted in an increase in species richness and diversity in the first year. However, in these Privet-Removed plots, a non-native invasive annual grass (<italic>Microstegium vimineum</italic>) invaded, became the most dominant species, and reduced species richness and diversity. In Privet-Removed plots, <italic>A. gigantea</italic> clonal expansion (i.e., ramet density, genet area, ramet diameter, and ramet height) was small in the first year but increased in the second and third years. Importantly, in Privet-Removed plots where <italic>A. gigantea</italic> was planted, <italic>M. vimineum</italic> cover was lower and species richness and diversity were greater; planting <italic>A. gigantea</italic> appears to have facilitated the establishment of other species and, in the process, increased diversity.</p><p>Our results emphasize several general conclusions that are applicable to other restoration efforts in other ecosystems with other plant species. First, during ecological restoration, invasive non-native plant removal alone will typically not restore native plant communities. Non-native invasive plant populations are typically very resilient to removal. Hence, long-term reductions in non-native invasibility will often require additional management efforts. For example, in the tropics my research showed the effectiveness of Fangueo for reducing <italic>Typha</italic> monocultures and increasing native plant and bird diversity. Another approach for improving ecosystems functions and reducing non-native invasibility after invasive plant removal is to carefully select and plant native species with competitive-dominant traits that will be able to compete with invading non-native species and resist invasion. Although this seemingly simple approach is often used by restoration practitioners, the results are rarely monitored and surprisingly few studies are designed to explicitly identify and investigate the performance of these important native competitive-dominant species.</p> / Dissertation