Seasonal and multi-annual patterns of Phragmites australis decomposition in a wetland of the Adriatic area (Northeast Italy): a three-years analysis | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Table 6

Leaf litter breakdown rates (k, days^-1) for submerged litter of Phragmites australis observed in the study pond (Isonzo River Mouth Natural Reserve) compared with those reported in other studies.

Ecosystem	Length of the	Mesh	Period	-k (days^-1)	Reference
	experiment (days)	size (mm)
Freshwater pond	45	5	Autumn 2009–2011	0.007–0.008	Present study
			Spring 2011–2012	0.014–0.016
(North East Italy)			Summer 2012	0.017

Transitional waters (Mediterranean area)	30–40	5	Spring 2005	0.014–0.029	Sangiorgio et al. (2008a)

River basins subjected	90	5	Spring–Summer 1998	0.028	Pinna et al. (2004)
to summer drought			Winter–Fall 1998-99	0.009
(Sardinia, Italy)

Freshwater lake	90	5	Autumn 1998	0.007	Sangiorgio et al. (2004)
			Spring 1999	0.013
(Southern Italy)			Summer 1999	0.011

Salt-marsh lake	90	5	Autumn 1998	0.006
			Spring 1999	0.009
(Southern Italy)			Summer 1999	0.010

River delta (Danube)	45	5	Autumn 2005	0.009–0.0024	Sangiorgio et al. (2008b)

Coastal lake (Egypt)	150	5	Apr–Sept 2003	0.0117	Eid et al. (2014)

Reedbed wetlands (North East England)	599	5	Jan 1995–Aug 1997	0.004	Bedford (2005)

Natural fen (Northern Germany)	248–257	0.3	Sept 2010–May 2011	0.003	Völlm and Tannenberger (2014)

Monomictic lake	38	5	Summer 1999	0.055	Van Dokkum et al. (2002)
(Netherlands)			Winter 1999	0.012

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