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Do aquatic herbicide applications adversely affect dissolved oxygen levels in water?
One response to the suggestion that an herbicide be used to control aquatic weed problems in water is concern that the treatment will reduce the dissolved oxygen content of the water, with possible adverse effects on fish and other aquatic biota. In fact, some herbicide formulations even have...
water hyacinth in the Delta
Emily Bick: Salinity, the Water Hyacinth and a Weevil
If that heavy growth of water hyacinth in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in central California alarms you, then you'll want to read a newly published research paper that provides the most thorough look at how salinity impacts the invasive plant and its biological control agent, the...
This is the giant water bath created from a leftover evaporative cooler from the Michael Parrella lab.
The water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, is an invasive weed but has an attractive flower. (Photo by Wouter Hagens, Wikipedia)
DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria Densa
Here's something from the Aquatic Plant Management Society blog :: posted Feb. 2017 (Original source: East County Today) DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria Densa SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) will begin herbicide...
