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General articles from bureau 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 bureau scientists
These are published articles from peer-reviewed science journals and symposiums that bureau 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.