Biology, Ecology and Management of Aquatic Plants

1. Front Matter

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2. Biology and distribution

   1. Propagule bank and plant emergence of macrophytes in artificial channels of a temperate irrigation area in Argentina

      • L. W. Acosta, M. R. Sabbatini, O. A. Fernández, M. A. Burgos

      Pages 1-5

   2. Modelling Potamogeton pectinatus: for better or for worse

      • Michiel J. M. Hootsmans

      Pages 7-11

   3. Effects of Cyprinus carpio on Potamogeton pectinatus in experimental culture: the incidence of the periphyton

      • N. S. Sidorkewicj, A. C. López Cazorla, O. A. Fernández, G. C. Möckel, M. A. Burgos

      Pages 13-19

   4. Survival strategy of Pistia stratiotes L. in the Djoudj National Park in Senegal

      • Nick G. den Hollander, Ingrid W. Schenk, Sara Diouf, Martin J. Kropff, Arnold H. Pieterse

      Pages 21-27

   5. Comparative ecology of Monochoria korsakowii and M. vaginalis

      • Hidenobu Kunii, Kazuhiro Okibe

      Pages 29-33

   6. Competition between three submerged macrophytes, Elodea canadensis Michx, Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) St John and Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss

      • C. S. James, J. W. Eaton, K. Hardwick

      Pages 35-40

   7. Metals in sediment and water of three reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Stend.) stands

      • J. Santos Oliveira, João Almeida Femandes, Carla Alves, João Morais, Paula Urbano

      Pages 41-45

   8. Heavy metal content of common reed (Phragmites australis/Cay./Trin. ex Steudel) and its periphyton in Hungarian shallow standing waters

      • G. Lakatos, M. Kiss, I. Mészáros

      Pages 47-53

   9. Gas transfer in wetland plants controlled by Graham’s law of diffusion

      • W. Grosse, H.-J. Frick

      Pages 55-58

   10. Aquatic plants in the rice fields of the Tagus Valley, Portugal

       • T. Vasconcelos, M. Tavares, N. Gaspar

       Pages 59-65

   11. Plant communities of the lagoons of the Portuguese Coastal Superdistrict — a multivariate approach

       • J. C. Costa, J. Capelo, M. D. Espírito Santo, M. Lousã, A. Monteiro, S. Mesquita et al.

       Pages 67-75

   12. The use of isozymes and PCR-based DNA polymorphism in aquatic weed management: a case-study on introduced and native clones of a hybrid complex

       • Ludwig Triest, Bart De Greef

       Pages 77-85

   13. Methodologies for surveying plant communities in artificial channels

       • David Hatcher, John Eaton, Mary Gibson, Rick Leah

       Pages 87-91

3. Ecology

   1. Interrelations of river ship traffic with aquatic plants in the River Nile, Upper Egypt

      • Magdi M. Ali, Kevin J. Murphy, Jérôme Langendorff

      Pages 93-100

   2. River plants from an Iberian basin and environmental factors influencing their distribution

      • M. T. Ferreira, I. S. Moreira

      Pages 101-107

   3. Macrophyte cover and standing crop in the River Scorff and its tributaries (Brittany, northwestern France): scale, patterns and process

      • Jacques Haury, Lanciné Gouesse Aïdara

      Pages 109-115

   4. Relationships of some ecological factors with the associations of vegetation in British rivers

      • F. Hugh Dawson, Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz

      Pages 117-122

   5. Distribution of the morphological groups of aquatic plants for rivers in the U.K.

      • F. Hugh Dawson, Paul J. Raven, Michael J. Gravelle

      Pages 123-130

   6. Macrophyte functional variables versus species assemblages as predictors of trophic status in flowing waters

      • M. M. Ali, K. J. Murphy, V. J. Abernethy

      Pages 131-138

There is a growing need for appropriate management of aquatic plants in rivers and canals, lakes and reservoirs, and drainage channels and urban waterways. This management must be based on a sound knowledge of the ecology of freshwater plants, their distribution and the different forms of control available including chemical and physical, and biological and biomanipulation.
This series of papers from over 20 different countries was generated from the tenth in the highly successful series of European Weed Research Society symposia on aquatic plant management, this being the tenth. It provides a valuable insight into the complexities involved in managing aquatic systems, discusses state-of-the-art control techniques and deals with patterns of regrowth and recovery post-management. Careful consideration is given to the use of chemicals, a practice which has come under scrutiny in recent years. Underpinning the development of such control techniques is a growing body of knowledge relating to the biology and ecology of water plants. The authorship of the papers represents the collective wisdom of leading scientists and experts from fisheries agencies, river authorities, nature conservation agencies, the agrochemical industry and both governmental and non-governmental organisations.

• Australis
• Danube
• Pteridophyta
• classification
• development
• ecology
• environment
• organization
• vegetation
• wetland

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