- Title
- Biological control of Salvinia molesta (DS Mitchell) drives aquatic ecosystem recovery
- Creator
- Motitsoe, Samuel N, Coetzee, Julie A, Hill, Jaclyn M, Hill, Martin P
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- 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, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Diversity, 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, Diversity volume 12 number 5 1 2 2020 1424-2818
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Motitsoe, Samuel (Mr)
Coetzee, Julie A (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
Hill, Martin Patrick (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Botany
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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