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dc.contributor.authorDardeau, Elba A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHogg, Elizabeth A.en_US
dc.creatorAquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.creatorEnvironmental Laboratory (U.S.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T19:55:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-03-23T19:55:15Zen_US
dc.date.issued1983-01en_US
dc.identifier.govdocTechnical Report A-83-2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11681/6388en_US
dc.descriptionTechnical Reporten_US
dc.description.abstractNative and exotic aquatic plants that adversely impact the major uses of the Nation's water resources are referred to as problem species. Operations personnel in Corps of Engineers (CE) Districts are responsible for managing the unchecked growth of these problem plants. Because the public has placed increased pressure on the CE to control problem species, these Districts need documentation of suitable management methods to develop and implement their own programs. This report documents and assesses available methodologies based on an inventory of current (since 1970) literature and a telephone survey of 14 CE Districts with active or recently active aquatic plant management programs. Although both surveys addressed all five elements of a successful aquatic plant management program (i.e., monitoring, reporting, treatment, public awareness, and training), considerably more information was found on treatment than on any of the other management elements. Both surveys yielded some information on monitoring methodologies but very little information on reporting, public awareness, or training. Although some of the aquatic plant management methodologies discussed in this report, especially in the area of monitoring (e.g., biomass sampling techniques), are only secondarily oriented to District operations programs, most have direct applicability to current District needs. These are, however, intermediate products of the research and development of "off-the-shelf" field methodologies. This report also contains a listing of important problem aquatic plant species (Appendix A), and the questions and responses of the 14 CE Districts surveyed by telephone (Appendix B).en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineersen_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsPreface.....................................1 Conversion Factors, U. S. Customary to Metric (SI) Units of Measurement.....................................5 Part I: Introduction.....................................6 Background.....................................6 Rationale.....................................7 Purpose and Scope.....................................9 Approach.....................................9 Part II: Monitoring.....................................12 Ground Surveys.....................................12 Remote-Sensing Surveys.....................................15 Responses of the CE Districts.....................................17 Part III: Reporting.....................................18 Monitoring Element.....................................18 Treatment Element.....................................18 Part IV: Treatment.....................................22 Chemical.....................................22 Mechanical.....................................26 Biological.....................................30 Environmental Management.....................................34 Integrated Treatments.....................................36 Part V: Public Awareness.....................................39 EA's and EIS's.....................................39 Public Meetings.....................................40 Publicity Campaign.....................................40 Part VI: Training.....................................41 Aquatic Plant Management Concepts.....................................41 Aquatic Plant Identification and Population Dynamics.....................................42 Monitoring Techniques.....................................42 Treatment Methods.....................................43 Responses of the CE Districts.....................................45 Part VII: Summary.....................................46 Literature Survey.....................................46 Telephone Survey.....................................46 References.....................................48 Bibliography.....................................55 Tables 1-4 Appendix A: Important Problem Aquatic Plant Species.....................................A1 Appendix B: Telephone Survey of 14 CE Districts.....................................B1en_US
dc.format.extent89 pages/27.56 MBen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relationhttp://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1043790en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnical Report (Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)) ; no.Technical Report A-83-2en_US
dc.rightsApproved for public release; distribution is unlimiteden_US
dc.sourceThis Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resourceen_US
dc.subjectAquatic plant controlen_US
dc.subjectManagement methodsen_US
dc.subjectOperations researchen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental managementen_US
dc.subjectAquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.titleInventory and assessment of aquatic plant management methodologiesen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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