Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae), a recent invader threatening Brazil's freshwater environments: A review of the extent of the problem

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Sousa, W T Z ^a  

^a TIRADENTES UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Brazil; Exotic species; Hydrilla; Invasion

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TOLERANCE; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN;

EGERIA; EGERIA DENSA; EGERIA NAJAS; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; HYDROCHARITACEAE;

EID: 79955078267     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0696-2     Document Type: Review

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