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Growth of the common reed (\kur{Phragmites australis}) in a selected constructed wetland used for wastewater treatment.
MOULISOVÁ, Lenka
The Bachelor{\crq}s thesis is a part of the Project of GACR 206/06/0058 Monitoring the heavy metals and the selected risk elements in a waste water cleaning process in artificial wetlands. This work is aimed at evaluating the growth characteristics of the common reed, Phragmites australis, in a constructed wetland used for wastewater treatment. A destructive method was used for sampling. The samples were taken in the inflow and the outflow parts of the vegetated bed in one vegetation season. The aboveground biomass was determined from six samples taken in the inflow and outflow part of the vegetated bed, respectively. The belowground biomass was determined from two samples taken in the inflow part and two samples taken in the outflow part. The mean total aboveground biomass (estimated in August 2007) was 1296 g.m-2 and 1105 g.m-2 in the inflow and outflow part, respectively. The mean live belowground biomass was 1729 g.m-2 and 2161 g.m-2 in the inflow and outflow part, respectively.
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Dynamics of aboveground biomass of a sedge fen
HAŠEK, Ladislav
This thesis is part of Project of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic No P504/11/1151, focused on the role of plants in the balance of carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse gases produced in the ecosystem of a sedge fen, which is situated on the study site Wet Meadows near Třeboň. The thesis deals with the growth dynamics of the dominant sedge, Carex acuta. The samples were taken using the method of successive harvests near the automatic meteorological station of Czech Globe, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. During the growing season nine harvests were accomplished on 25.3, 15.4, 6.5, 5.6., 9.7., 5.8., 9.9., 21.10., 25.11.. On each date eight replicates were taken, i.e., a total of 72 samples within the vegetation season. The seasonal dynamic of the above ground biomass was compared between C. acuta and the other plant species on the experimental area. Both live and dead biomass, was harvested and subsequently sorted to single botanic species, dried, weighed and the values were processed using the MS Excel tables. The seasonal maximum of aboveground biomass of all plant species (both live and dead parts) was found on 9.7. (1452,72 g.m-2). Among plant species the highest values of aboveground biomass were attained by Calamagrostis canescens (1257,93 g.m-2) and C. acuta (1163,49 g.m-2). C. acuta displayed the highest density of all shoots on 15.4 (300 m-2),and the highest average weight of one shoot. The maximum length of the longest live shoot of Carex acuta was very consistent among the measurememnts.
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Methods for estimating aboveground biomass of tropical forest and their applications within the SAFE project in Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)
Volánek, Jiří
Traditional non-destructive practices of aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation of tropical forest are reviewed in this thesis. Suitable published allometric methods are explained and applied to data collected in-situ on 24 SAFE Project plots in Borneo with particular attention being paid to small stem diameter trees (< 10 cm diameter at breast height). The AGB of logged-over secondary plots is estimated through the use of eight different allometric equations including pantropic, site-specific and small stem diameter suitable models. Resulting values of AGB estimation are reviewed and the performance of chosen allometric models compared to assigned plot quality score. Results show that the difference in AGB estimation is sizeable and considerably varies amongst and within plots. Also, that certain pantropic models may overestimate the AGB of the SAFE Project census plots. The error created by omitting trees with DBH < 10 cm, as established census protocols do, is far from insignificant and can produce underestimations in the range of 2.25 to 40.76%.
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Assessment of phenotypic variation of commercial cultivars and wild populations of Phalaris arundinacea in experimental conditions
JANUŠ, Vojtěch
The bachelor thesis is part of the project AMVIS 20-LH 11039. This work is aimed at evaluating the growth characteristic and phenotypic variation of wild populations and commercial cultivars of Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) in experimental conditions. Within the frame of this project an experiment was established at the Institute of Botany in Třeboň. Within the Bc Thesis, morphological characteristics of the studied plants were investigated during the vegetation period, 26.6.?18.9.2012. A destructive method was used for aboveground biomass sampling at the end of experiment. Plants from native populations had higher values of studied characteristics than commercial cultivars. The highest value of aboveground biomass had population from the area of Dyje river (433 g).
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Dynamics of aboveground biomass of a sedge fen
HOVORKA, František
This thesis is part of Project of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic No P504/11/1151, focused on the role of plants in the greenhouse gas budget of a sedge fen. The thesis deals with the growth dynamics of the dominant sedge, Carex acuta L., on the study site, Wet Meadows near Třeboň, Czech Republic. The seasonal changes in aboveground biomass were followed using successive harvests during vegetation seasons of 2010 and 2011. The seasonal maximum of aboveground biomass of Carex acuta L. (both live and dead parts) was 321,44 g.m-2 and 357,97 g.m-2 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The seasonal maximum of total aboveground biomas sof all species was 558,22 g.m-2 and 522,38 g.m-2 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The seasonal maximum of shoot density was 485 ks.m-2 and 435 ks.m-2 in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
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Effect of eutrophication on primary production of a herbaceous wetland
BORDOVSKÁ, Monika
This work is part of a study of wet meadows within the project GA CR 526/09/1545. The objective of the project is to determine the importance of newly assimilated carbon for the plat-soil interactions of plants with in wet grassland ecosystems in changing environmental conditions. As part of this project, a wet grassland ecosystem near Hamr situated in the Nežárka river floodplain was assessed in terms of aboveground production. This work includes data from 2010 and 2011. Each year the biomass was sampled two times. At each sampling, 24 samples were collected from plots differing in the intensity of fertilization. The treatments included high intensity of fertilization, low intensity of fertilization and no fertilization. In 2010, the annual production of aboveground biomass was 863.88 gm-2 on plots with a high intensity of fertilization, 788.46 gm-2 on plots with low intensity of fertilization and areas 839.69 gm-2 on unfertilized plots. In 2011 the annual production of aboveground biomass was 1149.71 gm-2 on plots with high fertilization, 953.73 gm-2 in plots with low fertilization, and 930.25 gm-2 on plots without fertilization.
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Water-use effeciency-different computation strategies
Slípková, Romana
Water use efficiency (WUE) of the plants can be expressed as a ratio weight of biomass increment and consumed water. Two Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) in density 1820 individuals ha-1 (FS) and 2440 individuals ha-1 (FD) in Bílý Kříž study site were studied during growing season 2003. WUE (g l-1) in this study was calculated as a ratio of total aboveground biomass increment (TB) defined by two approaches and stand transpiration. TB was defined by (i) one allometric relationship of diameter of the trunk in breast height and total aboveground biomass and (ii) as a sum of increment of stem, branch and leaves biomass allometrically obtained separately. Resulted WUE was marked as WUEI and WUEII. Mean WUEI was in FS 6,5 g l-1 and FD 14,0 g l-1; in case of WUEII FS 4,9 g.l-1 and FD 10,1 g.l-1, any difference was not significant. TBI was significantly higher than TBII in FD. We recommend WUEII approach for long term WUE evaluation.
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Aboveground production of an unmown wetland stand
HOVORKA, František
The bachelor thesis is part of the project of The Ministry of Environment no. SP/2d1/9307 (Czech Terra). The aim of this project is evaluation of the carbon budget in main ecosystem types in the Czech Republic. The thesis is focused on the production of aboveground biomass of a stand dominated by Carex acuta. Thje seasonal dynamics oc the aboveground biomass was estimated by repeated destructive harvests. The highest value of Carex acuta biomass (alive and dead) was 364,63 g.m-2 on 13 August. The maximum total aboveground biomass in m2 (alive and dead biomass of Carex acuta and other plant species) was 506,76 g.m-2. The highest value of the numer of C. acuta tillers was 424 pieces/m2.
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Below-ground biomass of the common reed (Phragmites australis) in a constructed wetland used for wastewater treatment
MOULISOVÁ, Lenka
My thesis is a part of the project GACR 206/06/0058 Monitoring of selected heavy metals and risk elements in a wastewater cleaning process in artificial wetlands. The goal is to evaluate temporal and spatial variability of underground biomass of Phragmites australis in the artificial wetland used for wastewater treatment in Slavošovice. The destructive method was used for the sampling. The aboveground biomass was determined from six samples taken at the inflow and six samples at the outflow. The belowground biomass (in 2008) was estimated from two samples taken at the inflow and two samples at the outflow. In 2009, the belowground biomass was determined from six samples taken from the inflow and six samples from the outflow. The analysis of the root structure was determined from 12 samples collected at the inflow and 12 samples of the outflow. The mean total aboveground biomass reached 1039 g.m-2 at the inflow and the 1749 g.m-2 at the outflow. Average total belowground biomass in 2009 reached the inflow 1718 g.m-2 and 1562 g.m-2 at the outflow. The average total length of roots growing from one node to was 284,7 m.m-2 and 324,9 m.m-2 in the inflow and outflow part, respectively. Average specific root length of the inflow was 2589,5 cm.g-1 and the outflow 2956,9 cm.g-1. The average total length of roots reaching the inflow of two kilometers and three kilometers of inflow.
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Aboveground production of a wet meadow stand dominated by Carex acuta
KUNCOVÁ, Štěpánka
The MSc thesis is part of the project of Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic entitled Czech Terra, which aims at assessing the carbon budget and cycle in the main types of ecosystems in the Czech Republic. This thesis is focussed on the production of aboveground biomass of Carex acuta, which dominates the unmanaged and permanently flooded part of the Wet Meadows. The seasonal dynamics of aboveground plant production was followed using a series of 9 destructive harvests during the vegetation season. On each date, four 0.5x0.5m2 samples were taken from the wetter, and four samples from the drier part of the stand. The maximum value of live biomass of C. acuta (550.8 g.m-2) was recorded on 13.6 2008. The highest value of live biomass of all species reached 602.4 g.m-2. The maximum total biomass (without litter) reached 994.6 g. m-2. The highest value of productivity of C. acuta (12.46 g.m-2.day-1) was recorded on 24. 5.
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