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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
Contact Carlton Layne (clayne@aquatics.org)
or at the above address to order hard copies. Copies are provided free of
charge!
Hardcopies of the second edition of our popular BMP
Manual, or can be downloaded
here.

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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.
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