- Author: John Madsen
- Author: Angela Llaban
Published on: June 10, 2016
The USDA ARS and California State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways have initiated a study to address concerns that dissolved oxygen may be depleted by plant decomposition under herbicide-treated beds of water hyacinth. Using state-of-the-art miniaturized dissolved oxygen / temperature recording datasondes, the oxygen concentration will be measured before and after treatment of waterhyacinth in channel-side and back-bay areas of the California Sacramento / San Joaquin River Delta, as well as under untreated water hyacinth and in open water areas. Herbicide treatments that will be evaluated include 2,4-D, glyphosate, and imazamox.
The study will be six weeks in duration, and encompass six sites using 25 datasondes. We...
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