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| Title | What’s bugging watermilfoil |
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What’s bugging watermilfoil (Number of pages: 5) (Publication Size: 654KB)
Note: Journal article: What’s bugging watermilfoil. (Permission to post granted by publisher.)
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| Author(s) | Parsons, J. | ||||
| Description | This article was published in LakeLine 32 (1):14-18 (2012). LakeLine is a publication of the North American Lake Management Society. The article is authored by Jenifer Parsons, on staff with the Washington State Department of Ecology. Eurasian watermilfoil is a common invasive aquatic plant in North America. Biological control of Eurasian watermilfoil is an attractive alternative to chemical or hand control methods; it has the potential to be cost effective and is sometimes viewed as more natural. In Washington, several native aquatic insects have been found that eat or damage watermilfoil. Some are well known, such as the milfoil weevil; others are less well studied, such as the milfoil midge and the caddisfly larvae. When conditions favor abundant populations of these insects, Eurasian watermilfoil growth can be reduced. On the other hand, if conditions in the lake do not favor herbivorous insects, Eurasian watermilfoil often dominates the plant community unless some other factor controls it. |
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| Contact | Jenifer Parsons at 509-457-7136 or jenp461@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | milfoil, aquatic plants | ||||
| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Aquatic Plant Monitoring in Washington Lakes and Rivers |
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