Madsen, J.D., 1998. Overview of the Ecological Assessment Technology Area, US Army Corps of Engineers.

Reprinted from Journal of Aquatic Plant Management (1998) 36(1): 25-27

Overview of the Ecological Assessment Technology Area

Abstract
Research in the Ecological Assessment Technology Area of the Aquatic Plant Control Research Program has contributed extensively to understanding the basic and applied ecology of nonnative and native aquatic plants. Continuing ecological research in this technology area strives to be relevant to aquatic plant management through a focus on the following areas; 1) improving the effectiveness of management techniques, 2) evaluating the effectiveness of management techniques, 3) evaluating the impacts of management techniques on nontarget species and environmental quality, and 4) preventing new infestations of nonnative aquatic plants. While both current and future planned research falls within these areas, specific research needs for the future have been identified in the areas of 1) developing standard aquatic plant quantification methods, 2) developing protocols for identifying the potential of new species to create nuisance problems, and 3) developing spatial databases and spatial models of plant distribution.

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Contact: John Madsen, US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, CEWES-ES-P, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180
Keywords: Aquatic_plant_management, Environmental_impacts, Hydrilla
Product Type: Research, Control, Impact
User Type: Resource Management