Biological control of Salvinia molesta (DS Mitchell) drives aquatic ecosystem recovery

Motitsoe, Samuel N; Coetzee, Julie A; Hill, Jaclyn M; Hill, Martin P

Title: Biological control of Salvinia molesta (DS Mitchell) drives aquatic ecosystem recovery
Creator: Motitsoe, Samuel N
Creator: Coetzee, Julie A
Creator: Hill, Jaclyn M
Creator: Hill, Martin P
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444515
Identifier: vital:74247
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050204
Description: Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell (Salviniaceae) is a damaging free-floating invasive alien macrophyte native to South America. The biological control programme against S. molesta by the weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands (Erirhinidae) has been successful in controlling S. molesta infestations in the introduced range, however, there is some debate as to how biological control success is measured. This study measured the response of epilithic algae and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in a S. molesta-dominated state and subsequently where the weed had been cleared by biological control, as a proxy for ecosystem recovery in a before–after control–impact mesocosm experiment.
Format: 2 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Diversity
Relation: Motitsoe, S.N., Coetzee, J.A., Hill, J.M. and Hill, M.P., 2020. Biological control of Salvinia molesta (DS Mitchell) drives aquatic ecosystem recovery. Diversity, 12(5), p.204
Relation: Diversity volume 12 number 5 1 2 2020 1424-2818
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the MDPI Open Access Statement (https://www.int-res.com/journals/terms-of-use/)

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RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems

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