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FWC Invasive Plant Management Publication History

General articles from Section scientists

These are published articles for educational purposes in trade and professional society magazines, etc.

Allen, N.P. and T. Sullivan. 1997. A historical look at aquatic plant management on Lake Rousseau - Part 2. Aquatics 19(3):10-15.

Allen, N.P., B. Nelson, J. Ludlow, R.B. Butler, R. Miedema, G. Baker, and B. Hennessey. 1993. The role of the task force in today's aquatic plant management. Aquatics 15(3):11-18.

Bartodziej, W. 1992. Effects of a weed barrier on benthic macroinvertebrates. Aquatics 14(1):14-18.

Bartodziej, W. and J. Ludlow. 1998. Aquatic vegetation monitoring by natural resource agencies in the United States. Aquatics 20(4):15-18.

Bodle, M.J. 1986. Water sprite. Aquatics 8(1):4.

Bodle, M.J. 1986. The fringed bog orchid. Aquatics 8(2):4-6.

Bodle, M.J. 1986. American frog bit. Aquatics 8(3):4-6.

Burks, K. C. 1996. "Dwarf Papyrus"-NOT. Aquatics 18(2):14-15.

Burks, K.C. 2000. Azolla pinnata--NOT cute! Aquatics 22(4):8-10.

Burks, K. C. 2001. Noxious Weeds: Don't sell your customers a bad bill of goods. Garden Center Magazine, February 2001, p. 78-84.

Burks, K.C. 2002. Nymphoides cristata - snowflakes in sunny Florida. Aquatics 24(2):8-10.

Burks, K.C. and D.F. Austin. 2000. Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae), another potential exotic pest in the United States. Aquatics 22(2):16-18.

Demmi, D.F. 1998. Factors for successful hydrilla management on Lake Istokpoga and the use of the FasTEST. Aquatics 20(4):11-14.

Deschenes, P. and J. Ludlow. 1993. Maintenance control of hydrilla in the Winter Park Chain of Lakes, Florida. Aquatics 15(2):13-15.

Feller, E., M. Bodle, and E. Harris. 1998. The progression of hydrilla management in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. Aquatics 20(1):8-14.

Gilbert, K.M. 1987. The role and management of cattails in a lake ecosystem. Aquatics 9(1):9-13.

Hinkle, C.J. 1979. Algae blooms. Aquatics 1(4):5-6,10.

Hinkle, J. 1982. Plant management in farm ponds. Aquatics 4(3):8, 13.

Hinkle, J. 1985. The effects of a large scale fluridone treatment on the vegetation of Sampson Lake. Aquatics 7(2):8-10.

Hinkle, J. 1986. A preliminary literature review on vegetation and fisheries with emphasis on the largemouth bass, bluegill, and hydrilla. Aquatics 8(4):9-14.

Hinkle, J. 1986. Information on recreational activities. Aquatics 8(4):22.

Kelley, J. 1985. Update on Pyrrhalta nymphaeae (Galerucella) in central Florida. Aquatics 7(4):17.

Kelley, J. 1997. King of the Crassipes. Aquatics 19(2):8-9.

Lamia, J. 1988. Recent infestations of Chinese water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) in south Florida. Aquatics 10(1):11.

Leslie, A.J. 1988. Literature review of drawdown for aquatic plant control. Aquatics 10(1):12-18.

Leslie, A.J. and J.M. Van Dyke. 1991. Success in flowing water with the "aqua control sleeve." Aquatics 13(3):19-20.

Ludlow, J. 1995. Management of aquatic plant communities in Rodman Reservoir from 1969-1994. Aquatics 17(3):11-15.

Ludlow, J. 1999. An interview with the FAPMS 1998 Applicator of the Year, Carl Smith. Aquatics 21(1):16.

Ludlow, J. and B. Nelson. 1995. Aquatic herbicide compliance. Aquatics 17(4):18-20.

Ludlow, J. and S. Savery. 1997. Hydrilla in Wakulla Springs State Park: the battle between two nonindigneous plants. Aquatics 19(4):15-16.

Mahler, M.J. 1979. Hydrilla, the number one problem. Aquatics 1:5-6.

Mahler, M.J. 1980. Limnophila - a new exotic pest. Aquatics 2(1):4-7.

Nall, L.E. 1979. Aquatic vegetation sampling in Lake Conway. Aquatics 1(4):7-8.

Nelson, B. 1981. Duckweeds - nature's smallest flowering plants. Aquatics 3(1):4-5.

Nelson, B. 1983. Water hemlock. Aquatics 5(1):4-9.

Nelson, B. 1984. Section 403.271 Florida Statutes to be revised. Aquatics 6(1):14.

Nelson, B. 1984. Salvinia molesta Mitchell - does it threaten Florida? Aquatics 6(3):6-8.

Nelson, B.V. 1987. Cooperative Aquatic Plant Control Program operations in Lake Okeechobee. Aquatics 9(2):4-7.

Nelson, B.V. and J.M. Dupes. 1985. Publicly funded aquatic plant management operations in Florida during 1984. Aquatics 7(3):11-12.

Nelson, B.V. and J.M. Dupes. 1988. Publicly funded aquatic plant management operations. Aquatics 10(3):8-12.

Nelson, B.V. and A. Galloway. 1991. Cooperative and state aquatic plant management funding programs 1988 through 1990. Aquatics 13(4):13-17.

Oliver, J.D. 1991. Limnocharis flava: should it be listed as a prohibited aquatic plant? Aquatics 13(3):4-8.

Oliver, J.D. 1992. Carrotwood: an invasive plant new to Florida. Aquatics 14(3):4-9.

Oliver, J.D. 1992. Should Ipomoea fistulosa be listed as a prohibited aquatic plant? Aquatics 14(1):4-7.

Oliver, J.D. 1994. Hippo grass: an invasive warm-region aquatic grass. Aquatics 16(2):10-13.

Rodgers, J. 1979. Water spinach - An economical vegetable or a potential noxious aquatic plant. Aquatics 1(3):5,8.

Rodgers, J. 1980. Bladderworts - aquatic carnivores. Aquatics 2(2):4,10.

Rodgers, J. 1981. The American lotus - Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Aquatics 4,8.

Rodgers, J. 1982. Queen of the water lilies. Aquatics 4(4):4-5.

Rodgers, J. 1983. Identifying Florida's most common aquatic grasses. Aquatics 5(3):4-10.

Rodgers, J. 1989. Willowy species. Aquatics 11(3):4-8.

Rodgers, J. 1993. Marsilea - "Aquatic four leaf clovers." Aquatics 15(4):10-13.

Rodgers, J. 1999. Will copper herbicides control willow trees? Aquatics 21(4):11-14.

Schardt, J. 1983. The 1982 Aquatic Plant Survey. Aquatics 5(2):4-10.

Schardt, J. 1984. Florida's 1983 Water Hyacinth Survey. Aquatics 6(1):4-8.

Schardt, J. 1985. The status of hydrilla and water hyacinths. Aquatics 7(1):9-10.

Schardt, J. 1985. DNR: New faces - different places. Aquatics 7(4):15.

Schardt, J. 1986. The status of water hyacinth and hydrilla in Florida waters. Aquatics 8(1):13-16.

Schardt, J. 1990. Exotic plant control: a look back, a look ahead. Aquatics 12(1):4-20.

Schardt, J. 1992. Status report for invasive exotic aquatic plant management. Aquatics 14(1):12-13.

Schardt, J. 1993. Management results from 1992. Aquatics 15(1):12-14.

Schardt, J. 1995. Hydrilla reaches crisis levels in Florida waters. Aquatics 17(1):10-13.

Schardt, J. 1995. Hydrilla in Florida's public waters. Aquatics 17(1):18.

Schardt, J. 1998. The future of hydrilla management in Florida. Aquatics 20(1):4-7

Schardt, J. 1999. Maintenance control and vibrant fisheries. Aquatics 21(2):9-17.

Schardt, J. 2000. The National Bass/Grass Alliance. Aquatics 22(1):16-17.

Schardt, J. and L. Nall. 1983. Florida's 1983 Hydrilla survey. Aquatics 5(4):4-7.

Schardt, J. and J. Ludlow. 2000. Status of the aquatic plant maintenance program in Florida public waters. Aquatics 22(1):9-13.

Schmitz, D.C. 1990. The invasion of exotic aquatic and wetland plants in Florida: history and efforts to prevent new introductions. Aquatics 12(2):6-13.

Schmitz, D.C. and K.M. Gilbert. 1985. Common names and synonyms of some aquatic plants used in the aquarium trade. Aquatics 7(3):15.

Schmitz, D.C. and L.E. Nall. 1984. Status of Hygrophila polysperma in Florida. Aquatics 6(3):11-13.

Schmitz, D.C., Schardt, J.D., and J.C. Craft. 1990.  Seeds of Destruction. Florida Environments.Vol. 4(7):7.

Schmitz, D.C. 1995. Diversity disappears in Florida. Newsweek, March 13, 1995, p. 14.

Sutton, D.L., K.A. Langeland, and R.L. Kipker. 1993. Catclaw mimosa in Florida. Aquatics 15(2):4-10.

Sutton, D.L., K.A. Langeland, and R.L. Kipker. 1994. Progress on eradicating catclaw mimosa in Florida. Aquatics 16(3):4-10.

Tarver, D.P., J. Rodgers, M. Mahler, and B. Lazor. 1978. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Florida. Florida Department of Natural Resources Publication (out of print).

Tarver, D.P. 1979. Torpedograss (Panicum repens L.). Aquatics 1(2):5-6.

Tarver, D.P. 1980. The cattail: eat em up! Aquatics 2(3):4,8.

Thayer, D. 1983. What happens after you spray? Aquatics 5(2):14-15.

Thayer, D. 1984. Control of floating species with 2,4-D and diquat. Aquatics 6(1):12-13.

Van Dyke, J.M. 1979. Deer Point Lake Eurasian watermilfoil decline considered good. Florida Conservation News 14:6-7.

Van Dyke, J.M. 1982. Of agent orange and oysters. Aquatics 4(4):14-15.

Van Dyke, J.M. 1987. Learning airboat safety -- the hard way. Aquatics 9(2):22-23.

Van Dyke, J.M. 1988. Airboat safety examination. Aquatics 10(2):24.

Van Dyke, J. and J. Ludlow. 2000. Aquatic plant management in a disappearing lake. Aquatics 22(2):4-8.

Scientific articles from Section scientists
These are published articles from peer-reviewed science journals and symposiums that section biologists were the authors or co-authors.

Bartodziej, W., and G. Weymouth. 1995. Waterbird abundance and activity on waterhyacinth and Egeria in the St. Marks River, Florida. J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 33:19-22.

Bartodziej, W., and J. Ludlow. 1997. Aquatic vegetation monitoring by natural resources agencies in the United States. J. Lake and Reservoir Manage. 13(2):109-117.

Burks, K.C. 1995. Noteworthy collections: Florida, Najas filifolia. Castanea 60(2): 169-170

Burks, K.C., and D.E. Austin. 1999. Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae), another potential exotic pest in the United States. Sida 18(4): 1267-1272.

Center, T.D., Dray, F.A., Jubinsky, G.P., and A.J. Leslie. 1999. Waterhyacinth weevils (Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi) inhibit waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) colony development. Biological Control 15: 39-50.

Cuda, J.P., and M.C. Zeller. 1998. First record of Ochyromera ligustri (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Chinese privet in Florida. Florida Entomologist 81(4): 582-584.

Hassell, A.L., Martin, B.B., Martin, D.F., and J.M. Van Dyke. 1994. Effect of treated kraft black liquor on Hydrilla verticillata (Royle). Florida Scientist 57: 10-21.

Leslie, A.J., and G.J. Kobylinski. 1985. Benthic macroinvertebrate response to aquatic vegetation removal by grass carp in a North Florida reservoir. Florida Scientist 48(4): 220-231.

Leslie, A.J., Schmitz, D.C., Kipker, R.L., and D.L. Girardin. 1993. Movement of fluridone in the upper St. Johns River, Florida. Florida Scientist 56(3):168-177.

Leslie, A.J., L,E. Nall, and J.M. Van Dyke. 1983. Effects of vegetation control by grass carp on selected water quality variables in four Florida lakes. Trans. Amer. Fisheries Soc. 112:777-787.

Leslie, A.J., and D.J. Stewart. 1986. Systematics and distributional ecology of Etropus (Pisces, Bothidae) on the Atlantic Coast of the United States with description of new species. Copeia (1): 140-156.

Leslie, A.J., Van Dyke, J.M., and L.E. Nall. 1982. Current velocity for transport of grass carp eggs. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 111:99-101.

Leslie, A.J., Van Dyke, J.M., Hestand, III, R.S., and B.Z. Thompson. 1987. Management of aquatic plants in multi-use lakes with grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Lake and Reservoir Manage. 3:266-276.

Miley, W.W., A.J. Leslie, and J.M. Van Dyke. 1979. Use of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) for control of aquatic vegetation in Florida, U.S.A. XIV Pacific Science Congress, Khabarovsk, U.S.S.R., August 1979. p. 122-124.

Miley, II, W.W. 1980. Current status of the grass carp and the grass carp hybrid in the USSR and Hungary. Proc. Southern Weed Sci. Soc. 33:208-210.

Miley, W.W., J.M. Van Dyke, A.J. Leslie, and G.J. Kobylinski. 1980. Final report on weed control in four Florida lakes using grass carp. Proc. So. Weed Sci. Soc. 33:211-212.

Osborne, J.A., West, S.D., Cooper, R.B., and D.C. Schmitz. Fluridone and N-methylformamide residue determinations in ponds. J. Aquat. Plant. Manage. 27:74-78.

Schmitz, D.C., and J.A. Osborne. 1984. Zooplankton densities in a Hydrilla infested lake. Hydrobiologia 111:127-132.

Schmitz, D.C., Leslie, A.J., and L.E. Nall. 1987. Hydrosoil residues and Hydrilla verticillata control in a central Florida Lake using fluridone. Pesticide Science 21:73-82.

Schmitz, D.C. 1990. The invasion of exotic aquatic and wetland plants into Florida: History and efforts to prevent new introductions. In: EPA Symp. Enhancing State's Lake/Wetland Programs, held in Chicago, Il., May 18-19, 1989, Clean Lakes Program, Office of Wetlands Protection, Washington, D.C., p 87-92.

Schmitz, D.C., and D. Simberloff. 1997. Biological invasions: a growing threat. Issues in Science and Technology 8(4): 33-40.

Schmitz, D.C., D. Simberloff, R.H. Hofstetter, W. Haller, and D. Sutton. 1997. The ecological impact of nonindigneous plants. In: Strangers in Paradise: Impact and Management of Nonindigenous Species in Florida. Island Press, Washington D.C. Pp. 39-62.

Schmitz, D.C., and R.G. Westbrooks. 1997. The federal government's role. In: Strangers in Paradise: Impact and Management of Nonindigenous Species in Florida. Island Press, Washington D.C. Pp. 329-338.

Schmitz, D.C., Nelson, B.V., Nall, L.E., and J.D. Schardt. 1991. Exotic aquatic plants in Florida: a historical perspective and review of the present aquatic plant regulation program. In: Proc. Symp. Exotic Pest Plants, held in Miami, Fl, Nov. 2-4, 1988, United States Dept. of Interior, Homestead, Fl., Chapter 21, pp. 303-326.

Schmitz, D.C., Schardt, J.D., Leslie, A.J., Dray, F.A., Osborne, J.A., and B.V. Nelson. 1991. The ecological impact and management history of three invasive alien aquatic plant species in Florida. In: Symposium Biological Pollution: The control and impact of invasive exotic species. Held October 25-26, 1991, Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Valenta, J.T., Zeller, M., and A. Leslie. 2001. Glyphosate controls Japanese climbing fern in experimental plots (Florida). Ecological Restoration 19(2): 118-119.

Van Dyke, J.M. 1977. Digestion of duckweed (Lemna spp.) by the grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). J. Fish Biology 11:273-278.

Van Dyke, J.M., A.J. Leslie, and L.E. Nall. 1984. The effects of the grass carp on the aquatic macrophytes of four Florida lakes. J. Aquatic Plant Manage. 22:87-95.