BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF AQUATIC PLANTS
A Best Management Practices Handbook

Lyn A. Gettys, William T. Haller and Marc Bellaud, editors

Prepared by

Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
3272 Sherman Ridge Rd
Marietta, GA  30064

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 Contents

Chapter 1: Impact of Invasive Aquatic Plants on Aquatic Biology
Chapter 2: Impact of Invasive Aquatic Plants on Fish
Chapter 3: Impact of Invasive Aquatic Plants on Waterfowl
Chapter 4: Impact of Invasive Aquatic Plants on Aquatic Birds
Chapter 5: Aquatic Plants, Mosquitoes and Public Health
Chapter 6: Cultural and Physical Control of Aquatic Weeds
Chapter 7: Mechanical Control of Aquatic Weeds
Chapter 8: Introduction to Biological Control of Aquatic Weeds
Chapter 9: Insects for Biocontrol of Aquatic Weeds
Chapter 10: Grass Carp for Biocontrol of Aquatic Weeds
Chapter 11: Chemical Control of Aquatic Weeds
Chapter 12: The Biology and Management of Algae
Chapter 13: Introduction to the Plant Monographs
Chapter 13.1: Hydrilla
Chapter 13.2: Eurasian Watermilfoil
Chapter 13.3: Waterchestnut
Chapter 13.4: Giant and Common Salvinia
Chapter 13.5: Waterhyacinth
Chapter 13.6: Purple Loosestrife
Chapter 13.7: Curlyleaf Pondweed
Chapter 13.8: Egeria
Chapter 13.9: Phragmites-Common Reed
Chapter 13.10: Flowering Rush
Appendix A: Requirements for Registration of Aquatic Herbicides
Appendix B: Aquatic Herbicide Application Methods
Appendix C: A Discussion to Address Your Concerns: Will Herbicides Hurt Me or My Lake?
Appendix D: Developing a Lake Management Plan
Appendix E: A Manager’s Definition of Aquatic Plant Control
Appendix F: Miscellaneous Information

Biology and Control of Aquatic Plants: A Best Management Practices Handbook is the second edition of a handbook produced by the not for profit Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation (AERF). The mission of the AERF is to support research and development which provides strategies and techniques for the environmentally and scientifically sound management, conservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. One way the Foundation accomplishes this mission is by producing this handbook to provide information to the public regarding the benefits of aquatic ecosystem conservation and aquatic plant management. The first edition of this handbook became one of the most widely consulted references in the aquatic plant management community. This second edition has been specifically designed with water resource managers, water management associations, homeowners and customers and operators of aquatic plant management companies and districts in mind. Our goal in preparing this handbook is to provide basic, scientifically sound information to assist decision makers with their water management questions.