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The Trophic Index of Macrophytes (TIM) – a New Tool for Indicating the Trophic State of Running Waters

✍ Scribed by Susanne Schneider; Arnulf Melzer

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
213 KB
Volume
88
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-2944

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In running waters, apart from structural degradation, nutrient input becomes increasingly important. To investigate the indicator values of as many species of submerged macrophytes as possible numerous samples of the sediment within macrophyte stands and the overlying water were taken in running waters throughout Bavaria, Germany. To develop the Trophic Index of Macrophytes (TIM), the concentrations of soluble reactive phosphorus of both the water body and the sediment pore water were used. Based on a weighted sum of the SRP‐concentrations of the water body and the sediment pore water, indicator values were determined for a total of 49 species of submerged macrophytes. A detailed method is described on how and depending on which preconditions the trophic state of running waters can be determined by the TIM. An example of the TIM in the stream Rotbach is given. It shows that the TIM is a useful means to detect differences in the phosphorus loading of running waters.

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