Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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8961
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Typha angustifolia
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Biocontrol
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Experimental
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Field
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A stand of cattails (Typha angustifolia) can act as a nutrient regulator in aquatic ecosystems, taking up nutrients when they are overly abundant and releasing nutrients when there is a deficit. This regulation of nutrients can play an important role in controlling phytoplankton blooms.
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Broadland region of Norfolk, UK
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24995
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8962
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Typha angustifolia
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Biocontrol
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Typha angustifolia also contains three phenic acids, which act as allelochemicals and may further control algal blooms in eutrophic waters.
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Chaohu lake, Anhui Province, China
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25021
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