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Salvinia Molesta: An Assessment Of The Effects And Methods Of Eradication, Arti Lal
Salvinia Molesta: An Assessment Of The Effects And Methods Of Eradication, Arti Lal
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Salvinia molesta is an invasive aquatic fern. It is now the second worse aquatic invader in the world. Since the 1930s, it has invaded most tropical and some temperate countries. S. molesta plants grow vegetatively and can increase in size rapidly. S. molesta can form thick mats of up to 1-meter-thick. There are a number of ways these thick mats negatively affect the environment: 1) reduce light to benthic organisms, 2) reduce oxygen in the water column for other organisms, 3) accumulate as organic matter at the bottom of the water column, 4) decrease nutrients for other organisms, and 5) …
Alien Invaders: Envisioning Exotic Species In Florida, Kevin Archer
Alien Invaders: Envisioning Exotic Species In Florida, Kevin Archer
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