Abstract:The Baiyangdian Lake wetlands have a characteristic of fragmented landscape,which is constituted with the reed communities,ditches and shallow waters with submerged vegetation.Due to the long\|term drought,the water area of the lake has decreased greatly and is only Ca.40% of the normal.Because of the wastewater discharge from Baoding City in the upstream and nonpoint source pollution,the Baiyangdian Lake is heavily polluted and eutrophic.We have found that there is a well\|developed root channel system und...