The role of eutrophication in the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, in South Africa
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 works in the 1970 s. The floating aquatic macrophyte, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Pontederia...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69263 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-011-9426-y |