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Lake Seminole Hydrilla Action Plan: Development and Implementation
Lake Seminole Hydrilla Action Plan: Development and Implementation
Author(s)
Eubanks, Michael J.
Morgan, Donald M.
Morgan, Donald M.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
This paper describes an effort by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to manage the
invasive aquatic plant Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla).
This plant causes serious water resource problems such
as adverse impacts to small boat navigation, water
quality, fish and wildlife habitat, water-borne
recreation, and hydropower production. An integrated
management plan, including several traditional
chemical, biological, and mechanical methods, was
developed to address reducing the coverage of hydrilla
on the lake and to enhance restoration of mixed native
aquatic plant communities. Two of the hydrilla
management tools that are in the process of
implementation on Lake Seminole, grass carp confined
behind electric fish barriers and low dose herbicide
application system, are innovative technologies,
particularly for the scale being applied on the lake.
Both techniques are showing excellent potential to
provide significant hydrilla control on Lake Seminole,
as well as other areas, at considerable cost savings
compared with traditional herbicide applications or
mechanical harvesting.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date Issued
2001-03
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