Water hyacinth in Lake Victoria: Why did it vanish so quickly and will it return?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 300-314

  Williams, Adrian E ^a,b   Duthie, Hamish C ^a   Hecky, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eichhornia crassipes; El Nino; Lake Victoria; Light limitation; P max; PI curve; Water hyacinth; Weevils

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; GROWTH FORM; HERBIVORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; WEED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CURCULIONIDAE; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; VICTORIA;

EID: 18844382075     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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