Submerged macrophyte control with herbivorous fish in irrigation channels of semiarid Argentina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 415, Issue , 1999, Pages 265-269

  Dall Armellina, A A ^a   Bezic, C R ^a   Gajardo, O A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Channels; Grass carp; Stocking rate; Submerged weeds

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMASS; BODY WEIGHT; HERBIVORY; IRRIGATION; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN; STOCKING; WEED CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CYPRINID; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; STOCKING DENSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

ARGENTINA;

CHARA CONTRARIA; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM; POTAMOGETON ILLINOENSIS;

EID: 0033571888     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003881302520     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Bezic, C. R., A. A. Dall Armellina & O. A. Gajardo, 1996. Studies on vegetative production of Potamogeton illinoensis Morong in southern Argentina. Hydrobiologia 340: 7-10.
2. Cooke, G. D., E. B. Welch, S. A. Peterson & P. R. Newroth, 1993. Rest. Mgmt of Lakes and Reservoirs. 2nd edn: 368-399.
3. Dall Armellina, A. A., O. A. Gajardo, C. R. Bezic, E. C. Luma, A. Britto & V. Dall Armellina, 1996. Mechanical aquatic weed management in the lower valley of the Rio Negro, Argentina. Hydrobiologia 340: 225-228.
4. Dubber, F. A. A., S. Ghoneim, M. E. Siemelink, Z. El Gharably, A. H. Pieterse & J. E. Blom, 1981. Aquatic weed control in irrigation drainage canals in Egypt by mean of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Proc. 5th Int. Symp. on Biological Control of Weeds. Brisbane 1980: 261-271.
5. Eaton, J. W., M. A. Best, J. A. Staples & K. O'Hara, 1992. Grass carp for aquatic weed control. A users manual. National Rivers Authority, Bristol, U.K: 91 pp.
6. El Gharably, Z., A. A. Tolba, A. H. Pieterse & A. H. Druijff, 1978. Preliminary experiments with grass carp for control of aquatic weeds in Egypt. Proc. EWRS 5th Symp. on Aquatic Weeds 1978: 369-373.
7. Pieterse, A. H., 1979. Aquatic weed control in tropical and subtropical regions. Proc. of a symposium. Berichte Fagebeit Herbologie, Universitat Hokenheim 1: 130-136.
8. Sabbatini, M. R., 1988. Biología y Manejo de Chara contraria A. Braun ex Kurtz. Thesis MSc. Prod. Veg. Univ. Nac. del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina: 101.
9. Van der Zweerde, W., 1993. Biological control of aquatic weeds by means of phytophagous fish. In Pieterse, A. H. & K. J. Murphy (eds), Aquatic Weeds. The Ecology and Management of Nuisance Aquatic Vegetation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K: 201-221.