Role of submerged macrophytes in sediment phosphorus stabilization in shallow lakes from the Brazilian semiarid region

Luciana Gomes Barbosaa* , Rafael Machado de Araújo Alvesa, João Paulo de Oliveira Santosa, Maria Cristina Santos Pereira de Araújoa & Ênio Wocyli Dantasb a Limnology Laboratory, Plant Technology and Environmental Sciences Department, Center for Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, Areia, Brazilb Botany Laboratory, Biology Department, Center for Biological and Applied Social Sciences, State University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil