Sago Pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus L.):
A Literature Review
Table 7
Table 7 -- Extractable compounds and elements in bottom sediments used by sogo
pondweed.a
Range or single
Unit of observation
Characteristic measure (referenceb)
Nutrients
Organic matter % 0.82-28.0 (1;2)
Organic C % 2.2-9.2 (3;4)
NO3-N mg/kg 1.3-5.9 (5;6)
NH3-N mg/kg 9.0-65 (6;7)
P mg/kg 0.4-9100 (8;9)
K mg/kg 39-453 (5;10)
Other ions and
compounds
Al mg/kg 1.5-17.5 (8)
Ca % 0.76-1.24 (8;2)
Cd mg/kg 20-90 (11)
Cl mg/kg 7.1-3616 (1;8)
Cu mg/kg 0.65-48 (1;10)
Fe mg/kg 15-270 (1)
Li mg/kg 0.1-22.6 (8)
Mg mg/kg 31-2991 (1;8)
Mn mg/kg 6.7-642 (1;8)
Na mg/kg 60-7080 (1;8)
Ni mg/kg 0.5-6.0 (8)
Pb mg/kg 2.0-11.6 (8)
Si mg/kg 32.5-84.7 (8)
SO4 % 0.0012-1.99 (1;8)
Sr mg/kg 6.3-37 (8)
Zn mg/kg 0.53-791 (1;11)
aAll measurements on a dry weight basis.
bReference: (1) Olson 1970; (2) Paullin 1973; (3) Neel et al. 1973;
(4) Denny 1972; (5) Wilcox and Simonin 1987; (6) Jarvis et al. 1986; (7) Jensen
1940; (8) Kollman and Wali 1976; (9) Fetter et al. 1978; (10) Huebert and Gorham
1983; (11) Adams et al. 1980.
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