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Aquatic Plant Ecology

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Seed Bank<br />

• What’s in my seed bank<br />

– Take soil cores, allow germination in diff. abiotic conditions<br />

• Temp., drawdown rate, etc...<br />

– I.D. seeds from samples<br />

– Good to know for restoration projects<br />

• Inaccuracy<br />

– Some quickly predated<br />

– Microorganism attack<br />

• Bacteria<br />

• Fungi<br />

– Dispersal dependants decompose easily<br />

• Phragmites australis (common reed)<br />

– Many plants depend mostly on rhizomes/other asexual reprod. methods<br />

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