[APWG] NEWS: Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Nov 5 18:04:15 CST 2008
http://www.news.wisc.edu/15782
Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species
Oct. 15, 2008
by Jill Sakai
The latest "damming" evidence suggests that manmade reservoirs are facilitating
the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin lakes.
In a comparison of natural lakes and impoundments -- reservoirs created by
damming rivers -- the impoundments were up to 300 times more likely than lakes
to harbor invasive aquatic species, according to a study published last month
in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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