Monitoring and water quality impacts of an herbicide treatment on an aquatic invasive plant in a drinking water reservoir

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 288; p. 112444
• Main Authors: Lamb, Benjamin T., McCrea, Abigail A., Stoodley, Scott H., Dzialowski, Andrew R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.06.2021
• Subjects: Aquatic invasive plants; Biological oxygen demand; Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; Drinking Water; Environmental Monitoring; Herbicide application; Herbicides; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Water Quality; Herbicide application; Aquatic invasive plants; Biological oxygen demand; Remote sensing; Monitoring

Effective treatment options are needed for the management of aquatic invasive species. An herbicide treatment was used to control an invasive aquatic plant, yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata) in a 3350-acre drinking water reservoir. The purpose of this research was to document the success of...