Control of One Aquatic Weed Opens Door for Secondary Aquatic Invasive Species

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Invasive Aquatic Weed Salvinia
Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa has a new invasive aquatic weed to battle, Salvinia minima. The proliferation of common salvinia, just as water hyacinth came under biological control through the combined efforts is no coincidence. In areas that experience high levels of nutrient inflow (pollution), the control of one aquatic weed opens resources to other

Curly-leaf Pondweed Disappearing from Clear Lake Shores

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urly-leaf pondweed is a rooted, submersed aquatic plant
In mid-June in Clear Lake, much of the curly-leaf pondweed had reached the end of its life cycle, and the weeds washing ashore are just a result of that.  Curly-leaf pondweed begins to grow during the fall at the bottom of bodies of water, like Clear Lake, with its life cycle coming to an end