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Vegetation of Lake Burullus and its potentiality for carbon sequestration
Lake Burullus
Tarek GalalAssociate Prof. of Plant Ecology
Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University
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Lake BardawilLake Manzala
Lake Burullus
LakeEdku
LakeMariut
Wadi El-NatronSinai
Suez
Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
The Mediterranean coastal land of Egypt extends for about970 km, from Sallum in the west to Rafah in the east. Fivenatural lakes extend along this coast: Mariut (WesternCoast), Edku, Burullus, Manzala (Deltaic Coast) andBardawil (Sinai Coast).
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* Lake Burullus is a shallow basin with a depthvaries between 40 cm near the shores and 200cm near the sea outlet (Boughaz El-Burullus).
* Lake Burullus has the highest value of fishproductivity (1.2 ton/ha) among the 5 northernlakes.
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Character 1984 Now Reduction (%)
Area (km2) 502.7 410.0 18.4
Circumference (km) 160.0 143.0 10.6
Maximum length (km 56.0 47.0 16.1
Maximum width (km) 15.0 14.0 6.7
Length/width ratio 3.7 3.3 10.8
Depth (cm) 20-200
Morphometric dimensions of Lake Burullus in 1984 and 1997
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HABITAT TYPES
Burullus Wetland includes 10 types ofhabitat: Sand formations; salt marshes; lakecuts; terraces, slopes, water edges and openwaters of the drains; islets, shores and openwaters of the lake.
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Distribution of species among different habitats
A R A RSalt marshes 51 25.9 12 6.1Sand formations 45 22.8 12 6.1Lake cuts 29 14.7 1 0.5Drain terraces 87 44.2 9 4.6Drain slopes 69 35.0 9 4.6Drain water edge 59 29.9 6 3.0Drain open water 14 7.1 0 0.0Lake shorelines 65 33.0 5 2.5Lake open water 16 8.1 3 1.5Lake islets 89 45.2 26 13.2
ZoneTotal species Unique species
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224 species 149 genera 47 families
114 annuals
110 perennials
Phragmites australis
Typha domingensis
Potamogeton pectinatus
Cakile maritima
Ranunculus sceleratus
Salsola kali
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Compared with the five northern lakes,Lake Burullus had the highest number ofspecies followed by Lakes Mariut,Manzala, Bardawil and Edku with 198,144%, 136% and 120 species,respectively.
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Floristic region Number of species Percentage
Endemics 3 1.5
Cosmopolitan 31 15.7
Monoregionals 40 20.3
Bi-regionals 27 28.9
Pluri-regionals 65 33.0
Spectrum of the global distribution of the recorded species in Burullus Wetland.
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Endemic and rare species
Three endemic species were recorded in Lake Burullus: one perennial (Zygophyllum albumsubsp. album) and 2 annuals (Sinapis arvensissubsp. allionii and Sonchus macrocarpus).
Thirty- three species were recorded as rare; of them 15 annuals and 18 perennials
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Vegetation Analysis
The application of TWINSPAN program on the coverestimates of 197 species recorded in 227 stands ledto the recognition of 13 vegetation groupsrepresenting the common communities in the Lake:Six groups are dominated or co-dominated with thecommon reed (Phragmites australis); other fivegroups are dominated by halophytic species(Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, Suaeda vera,Sarcocornia fruticosa, Halocnemumstrobilaceum andSalsola kali), and the remaining two groups aredominated by the emergent Typha domingensisandsubmergant Potamogeton pectinatus.
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1. Arthrocnemum macrostachyum–Juncus acutus
2. Phragmites australis-Suaeda pruinosa
3. Phragmites australis-Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
4. Suaeda vera-Limbarda crithmoides
5. Juncus acutus
6. Sarcocornia fruticosa
7. Potamogeton pectinatus
8. Halocnemum strobilaceum
9. Salsola kali
10. Phragmites australis
11. Phragmites australis-Potamogeton pectinatus
12. Typha domingensis-Ceratophyllum demersum
13. Phragmites australis-Potamogeton pectinatus
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The dendrogram resulting from the application of TWINSPAN on the 227 sampled stands in Lake Burullus.
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DCA ordination of the 13 vegetation groups identified after the application of TWINSPAN on the 227 sampled stands in Lake
Burullus.
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Persicaria salicifolia Phragmites australis
Typha domingensis Sarcocorinia fruticosa
Ludwigia stolonifera
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ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE RECORDED SPECIES
The economic uses of the recorded species could bearranged descendingly as follows:
grazing → medicinal → human food → fuel → timber
Carbon Sequestration: One of the main importance of the vegetation in Lake Burullus is carbon sequestration (e.g. Phragmites australis, Typha domingensis, Eichhornia crassipes, Potamogeton pectinatus)
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REED BEDS (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS)
* Reed beds of Lake Burullus represent one of the most important reed beds in the Mediterranean region, where this type of habitat is becoming rare and threatened.
* Wintering and migrant birds are strongly dependent on this habitat for foraging, refuge and breeding; thus Lake Burullus was registered as one of the sites of Ramsar Convention.
* The reed beds also create a suitable shelter for the fishes of this lake, particularly fry and juveniles.
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Globally Common reed (Phragmites australis) is believed to be the most widely distributed of all angiosperms in Lake Burullus.
It reproduces from propagules and has a vigorous, branched rhizome system that runs quickly to new areas in either the submerged or dry lands.
It provides shelter, material for thatching, food for animals, chemicals, fuel, fertilizer, biofilter, and raw material for paper making industry.
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The area occupied by the common reed had decreased from 10416 ha to 6972 ha (reduction rate = 33.1 %).
The estimated maximum standing crop phytomass in the lake as a whole was 239,040 ton dry matter: 170,980 ton represents the above water standing crop, and 68,060 ton represents the submerged portion.
The underground parts of reeds (rhizomes and roots) had a more or less similar phytomass as the aboveground parts (239,040 ton).
Therefore, the productivity of reeds in the lake approximates half million (480,000) ton dry matter.
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Land Sat images of LakeBurullus indicating thechanges in the areas of thelake and common reed(Phragmites australis) during1988 and 1998
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In P. australis, the photosynthetic production, netgrowth, and dead litter production produces approximately4469, 4596 and 2191 g C m-2 yr-1, respectively (i.e. 11256g C m-2 yr-1).
Respiration of the above- and below-ground organsconsumed about 13% of the C production, while 87% werestored in the different plant organs.
Thus, now we can imagine the amount of carbonsequestered in the biomass of a single species in LakeBurullus.
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Another important and common plant in Lake Burullus that contributes in carbon sequestration is water hyacinth (Eichhornea crassipes), which is claimed to be the highest yielding plant in the world.
In addition, P. pectinatus, which produces a maximum above-ground biomass of 20.4 ton DM ha-1.
The maximum above-ground biomass of Southern Cattail (Typha domingensis) was approximately 63 t DW ha-1.
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* The continuous reduction in the area of Lake Burullus andits adjacent reed swamps and marshlands throughsubstantial land reclamation.
* The villagers in the middle sector of the southern shore ofthe lake have collected huge piles of reed stems (Phragmitesaustralis), left them to dry in the sun, prior to weavingthem into mats for sale in other parts of the area.
* Some fishermen burn the dried stems of Phragmitesaustralis as means of warming the water and consequentlyattracting more fishes.
Threats upon the Ecosystem
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Collection of reeds from the lake
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Burning of reeds in Lake Burullus
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A goat grazes the water hyacinth along the lake shore
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Plant collection for using as fuel
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