[PDF][PDF] Ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): a review.

AM Villamagna, BR Murphy - Freshwater biology, 2010 - academia.edu
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is one of the world's most invasive aquatic plants and
is known to cause significant ecological and socio-economic effects. 2. Water hyacinth can …

Water hyacinth: review of its impacts on hydrology and ecosystem services—lessons for management of Lake Tana

MG Dersseh, AM Melesse, SA Tilahun, M Abate… - Extreme hydrology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water hyacinth is a free floating aquatic weed native to South America. It has spread to
tropical and subtropical parts of the World since 1800s. Climatic and water conditions are …

The biological control of aquatic weeds in South Africa: Current status and future challenges

MP Hill, J Coetzee - Bothalia-African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2017 - journals.co.za
Background: Aquatic ecosystems in South Africa are prone to invasion by several invasive
alien aquatic weeds, most notably, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms …

A review of the biological control programmes on Eichhornia crassipes (C. mart.) solms (Pontederiaceae), Salvinia molesta DS Mitch.(Salviniaceae), Pistia stratiotes L …

JA Coetzee, MP Hill, MJ Byrne, A Bownes - African Entomology, 2011 - journals.co.za
Biological control against water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (C. Mart.) Solms
(Pontederiaceae), salvinia, Salvinia molesta DS Mitch.(Salviniaceae), water lettuce, Pistia …

[PDF][PDF] More than a century of biological control against invasive alien plants in South Africa: a synoptic view of what has been accomplished

MP Hill, VC Moran, JH Hoffmann, S Neser… - … Invasions in South …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Invasive alien plant species negatively affect agricultural production, degrade conservation
areas, reduce water supplies, and increase the intensity of wild fires. Since 1913, biological …

Assessing the status of biological control as a management tool for suppression of invasive alien plants in South Africa

C Zachariades, ID Paterson, LW Strathie… - … -African Biodiversity & …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Background: Biological control of invasive alien plants (IAPs) using introduced natural
enemies contributes significantly to sustained, cost-effective management of natural …

The role of eutrophication in the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, in South Africa

JA Coetzee, MP Hill - BioControl, 2012 - Springer
South Africa has some of the most eutrophic aquatic systems in the world, as a result of the
adoption of an unnecessarily high 1 mg l− 1 phosphorus (P) standard for all water treatment …

Spatial and temporal dynamics of water hyacinth and its linkage with lake-level fluctuation: Lake Tana, a sub-humid region of the Ethiopian highlands

MG Dersseh, SA Tilahun, AW Worqlul, MA Moges… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water hyacinth originated from the Amazon Basin and has expanded to other parts of the
world since the 1800s. In Ethiopia, the weed is affecting the socio-economic activities of the …

[PDF][PDF] Invasive alien aquatic plants in South African freshwater ecosystems

MP Hill, JA Coetzee, GD Martin, R Smith… - … Invasions in South …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
South Africa has a long history of managing the establishment and spread of invasive
fioating macrophytes. The past thirty years of research and the implementation of nation …

Phytoextraction of anthropogenic heavy metal contamination of the Blesbokspruit wetland: Potential of wetland macrophytes

HD Heisi, AA Awosusi, R Nkuna… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
Blesbokspruit wetland is one of the least conserved ecosystems in the Southern Africa
region with active and latent threats of anthropogenic contamination stretching over decades …