Sediment nitrogen (N) cycling is an important biological removal process for N permanently, which is driven by N-cycling microbial community. With the increasing interest in the interaction between submerged vegetation (SV) and sediment N-cycling bacterial community, there remains conflict opinions on the effects of SV on the sediment N-cycling bacterial community. Moreover, the discrimination of direct and indirect effects of SV on the N-cycling bacterial community remains unclear.
Click here for original story, The better submerged vegetation develops, the greater nitrogen removal occurs in lake sediments
Source: Phys.org