Using Wikipedia, image taken from Wikipedia, is a new experience for me as, like many others, I had been instilled with a distrust of the site due to my high school teachers constantly stating that the site was unreliable as anyone could have anything said about a certain topic. I was unsure about becoming a … Continue reading Using Wikipedia →

Katharina A.M. Engelhardt has been a professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science since October 2000. She has had 79 publications, many of which are about freshwater habitats and species diversity. In addition to plants, she also seems to have an interest in the sediments and water quality of freshwater environments and … Continue reading Katharina Engelhardt →

Macrophytes, image taken from Shutterstock, is another term for aquatic plants and much like plants on land, they are the foundation of a healthy ecosystem. They provide oxygen through photosynthesis and provide food and shelter for aquatic animals. Macrophytes also help in reducing sewage through nutrient cycling. The aquatic plants absorb substances to help clean … Continue reading What are Macrophytes →

Phosphorus is considered a limiting factor in the growth of algae and aquatic plants. This means that phosphorus controls the rate at which algae and aquatic plants grow and reproduce in the wild. A problem that occurs with phosphorus is that excess phosphorus from places such as sewage treatment plants and urban lawns, can cause … Continue reading Phosphorus Levels →

The book, Competition by Paul Keddy, is what I would recommend to my non-biologist friends and family. Most of the content of the article I have chosen is about competition between different aquatic plant species based on the number of species in the environment, species richness. This book talks about the different types of competition … Continue reading Competition Among Plants →