An inventory of the aquatic and subaquatic plants in SASKWater canals in central Saskatchewan, Canada, before and after the application of the herbicide Magnacide

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-167

  Cota Sänchez, J Hugo ^a   Remarchuk, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrolein; Aquatic plant inventory; Environmental effect; Magnacide; Saskatchewan; SASKWater canals

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CANAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; HERBICIDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ALISMA; ALISMA GRAMINEUM; ALISMA PLANTAGO-AQUATICA; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CHLOROPHYTA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM; PLANTAGO; POTAMOGETON;

EID: 58149267937     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v121i2.441     Document Type: Article

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