Oxygen dynamics and plant-sediment interactions in isoetid ...
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IntroductionIntroductionOligotrophic soft-water lakes are characterizedby waters low <strong>in</strong> nutrients (phosphorus <strong>and</strong>nitrogen) <strong>and</strong> dissolved <strong>in</strong>organic carbon (DIC)because they receive most of their water throughprecipitation or as ground water from carbonate<strong>and</strong> nutrient poor catchments (Smolders et al.2002). The low concentrations of CO 2 (≈18µM), bicarbonate (