Preface
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Overview of Manual - Introduction
- Purpose of this manual
- Audience
- Purpose of this manual
Chapter 2: History and Development of Aquatic Weed Control in the United States
- Introduction
Chapter 3: Aquatic Plant Biology - Introduction
- Types of aquatic plants
- The littoral zone
- Factors regulating plant growth
- Light availability
- Plant nutrition, trophic status, and water chemistry
- Substrate characteristics
- Lake morphology-an integrating factor
- Plant nutrition, trophic status, and water chemistry
- The effects of macrophytes on their environment
- The biotic component
- Epiphytes and macroinvertebrates
- Fish
- Wildlife
- Fish
- Types of aquatic plants
Chapter 4: Aquatic and Wetland Plant Management Problems - Introduction
- Visible problems
- Physical blockages
- Organic sedimentation
- Plant piles
- Blocking water management structures
- Biological problems
- Water clarity
- Catch and/or take of sportfish
- Invisible problems
- Insect, diseases, and other problems
- Dissolved oxygen
- Visible problems
Chapter 5: Aquatic Plant Management Techniques - Introduction
- Physical removal
- Hand removal
- Mechanical removal
- Dredging
- Mechanical removal
- Habitat alteration
- Water level manipulation
- Effects on light penetration
- Nutrient limitation
- Effects on light penetration
- Biological control
- Insects
- Pathogens
- Snails, manatees, etc.
- Triploid grass carp
- Tilapia
- Pathogens
- Herbicides
- The herbicide label
- What are herbicides?
- Contact herbicides
- Systemic herbicides
- Broad spectrum herbicides
- Selective herbicides
- What are herbicides?
- Environmental considerations
- Aquatic plants
- Effects on fish and other organisms
- Effects on fish and other organisms
- Fate of aquatic herbicides in the environment
- Copper
- 2,4-D
- Diquat
- Endothall
- Fluridone
- Glyphosate
- 2,4-D
- Maintenance control of aquatic weeds
- Manipulating plant communities
- Physical removal
Chapter 6: Developing an Integrated Aquatic Plant Management Plan - Getting started
- Step 1 - Organization is key
- Step 2 - The steering committee
- Principles of an Integrated Aquatic Plant Management Plan
- Principle 1 - Identify the uses of the water body and
determine if any of these uses are impaired
or benefited by aquatic vegetation
- Principle 2 - Understand plant ecology and the ecology of the water body to be managed
- Principle 3 - Set management goals
- Principle 4 - Consider all management techniques
- Principle 5 - Develop an action plan and program to monitor the success or failure of any management activities
- Principle 6 - Establish a long-term aquatic plant management education program.
- Principle 2 - Understand plant ecology and the ecology of the water body to be managed
- Step 1 - Organization is key
Chapter 7: Concluding Remarks and Thoughts
Literature Cited